Perseverance

This is the second piece in my series examining John O’ Sullivan’s work The Mathematics of Music. In this improvisational piece I explicitly explore C minor using the Blue Temperament tuning system found in John’s book.

Details and online play here:
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=350

direct download here:
http://micro.soonlabel.com/blue-tuning/daily20101124-piano-blue-temperament-perseverance.mp3

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "christopherv" <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:
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> Details and online play here:
> http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=350

I like this simple setting and its title.

Regarding your Orwell piece, I liked it this time too.
I didn't save the original to compare, but it sounded just
like I remembered it. What changed?

-Carl

Thanks for the listens and comments - I'm glad you like Perseverance.

As far as the Orwellian piece - I changed a few things = There is a
long introduction - expanded section that used to be the beginning. -
a bit more polyphony - and a coda. Then there is the video too. I
think the good part about your comment for me is that the introduction
did indeed retain the flavor of the main theme. What I did was
"re-composed" the chord progression into the harp and then added
counterpoint against it using a pseudo cantus firmus technique - the
piece is about a minute and a half longer now.

Here is the original
http://notonlymusic.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=437&start=0&hilit=orwell

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:
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>
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "christopherv" <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:
> >
> > Details and online play here:
> > http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=350
>
> I like this simple setting and its title.
>
> Regarding your Orwell piece, I liked it this time too.
> I didn't save the original to compare, but it sounded just
> like I remembered it. What changed?
>
> -Carl
>
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:

> What I did was
> "re-composed" the chord progression into the harp and then added
> counterpoint against it using a pseudo cantus firmus technique

So you did. So much for my memory these days... -Carl