new music: RR by X. J. Scott

Greetings to my fellow microtonalists, friends and
groupies!

New piece is tentativly called "Relaxing Reperio".

at: http://geocities.com/nonoctave/

It's a short piece using the Reperio tuning I've been
using for a couple pieces. Just one instrument -- my
brassy flute.

Here's a twist:

I think this has potential to be fleshed out and I seem
to recall some posts that suggested there may be people
around who would like to give advice on such matters.

Here's what I've noticed:

This piece has three short sections --
1. Solo brassy flute
2. Arpeggio section that is inappropriate
for a brassy flute, though would be fine on an
organ. What do y'all think? Does it mess up
the flutiness? Is that a distraction?
3. Final section like the first but uses
noticeable decay envelope on sounds. I think
this is real pretty even if not true to a flute
and I think it emphasizes the way this scale can
sound quite a bit like a harmonic scale. Do others
hear this? I don't think this particular use of
nonflutelike technique distracts from the
flutiness. Even ends on an interesting dyad, which
would be difficult for most though not all
flautists. Any comments on this section?

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Anyway, how would you guys develop this? I am thinking
relaxation music. Maybe eliminate the arpeggios as they
are too energetic and simply structured. Put it some
sort of pads underneath. Add some sort of acoustic drum
on top -- maybe one of my Bodhrans.

Make it a lot longer? Same size?
Add sections and development or keep more in the
flowing style?

- Jeff

Jeff,

--- In crazy_music@y..., "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
> New piece is tentativly called "Relaxing Reperio".

Very nice! Love the tuning/sonority.

> I think this has potential to be fleshed out

Yep!

> and I seem
> to recall some posts that suggested there may be people
> around who would like to give advice on such matters.

I'll give a couple of short takes on it...

> Here's what I've noticed:
>
> This piece has three short sections --
> 1. Solo brassy flute

OK as it stands. If this is already in a midi sequence, or you can
replay or recompose, here's the next thought:

> 2. Arpeggio section that is inappropriate
> for a brassy flute, though would be fine on an
> organ. What do y'all think? Does it mess up
> the flutiness? Is that a distraction?

I think it is a good development coming out of the solo. My thought
would be to essentially double the lenghth of the arpeggio section by
a repeat, and a favorite 'orchestration' would be to take a
dissimilar but complimentary timbre (plucked string? marimba?
kalimba?) and start doubling the arpeggio, but cross-fade them so the
flute gradually goes away as the other voice comes to the front. Done
subtly, it is a nice transition. Then you've set the stage for more
flute solo over the arp.

> 3. Final section like the first but uses
> noticeable decay envelope on sounds. I think
> this is real pretty even if not true to a flute
> and I think it emphasizes the way this scale can
> sound quite a bit like a harmonic scale. Do others
> hear this? I don't think this particular use of
> nonflutelike technique distracts from the
> flutiness. Even ends on an interesting dyad, which
> would be difficult for most though not all
> flautists. Any comments on this section?

I *really* liked it when all the notes started to pile into a chord
at the end - it moved and shimmered so much I just wanted it to stay
there...which would be a great time to have your hand drum enter as
the chord is static, and then you can see where the piece goes after
that.

But I like it. Maybe you can find a flute patch with just a little
more legato attack instead of the 'chiff' on the note, and that would
add to your "relaxation quality". But certainly the tuning is very
nice in this; forget guitars: it would be nice to have a flute in
this intonation!

Cheers,
Jon

Jeff!
I find it always touchy to talk about another piece, especially
while in progress. After all who am i to tell others what to do (not
that that was others had done) I am just reluctant. but here it goes.
I like what your are doing alot. nice rhymic stuff and oriments if i
can call them that. it starts with a pentatonic that shifts out of it
into a broad spectrum and when the appeggioes come in it makes mr thing
that what happened before was a prelude, yet you shift back at the end.
I like how it plays with my expactations and doesn't do. did what i
exspect. If i was going to develop it i would play off the pentatonic
dissolving idea on different transpositions with the samewith the
arpeggios which at some time you might wish to alchemically combine with
the pentatonic idea with the arpeggios becoming pentatonics arpegges and
/or the melodic contour the basic of appeggiation. Now these are
elements that can to my ear and those which i overlooked you could apply
the same type of treatment. This would be my next step. Is this what you
you had in mine.

"X. J. Scott" wrote:

> Greetings to my fellow microtonalists, friends and
> groupies!
>
> New piece is tentatively called "Relaxing Reperio".
>

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