
Andrew Heathwaite

two sinner two sinner

thirteen lefthanded thirteen lefthanded

nine knowhow nine knowhow

eight thunderpain eight thunderpain

one drop of rain one drop of rain

I've come with a bucket of roses I've come with a bucket of roses

where words are said to mean where words are said to mean
A song performed & composed by Andrew Heathwaite on a guitar fretted to 22 equal divisions of the octave. A 22-tone row which sets a 22-syllable text by Herbert Brun.

sing a blue sing a blue
A song in 17 equal divisions of the octave for cumbus and tubes, words and music by Andrew Heathwaite.

my own house my own house
A song performed & composed by Andrew Heathwaite on a guitar fretted to 22 equal divisions of the octave. This particular song uses a pelog-like pentatonic subset with steps 3 2 7 3 7.

stringfinger it everybean stringfinger it everybean
A song in 17-equal divisions of the octave for cumbus and tubes, words and music by Andrew Heathwaite.

conversation is conversation is
A very short song in 11 equal divisions of the octave, sounding each pitch class once before repeating. The text is an 11-syllable sentence from a paper by cybernetician Larry Richards: "Conversation in the converse of control."

cat feet belly cat feet belly
A song in 17-equal divisions of the octave for cumbus and tubes, words and music by Andrew Heathwaite.

being a being a
This song, composed and performed on 22edo guitar by Andrew Heathwaite, uses an 8-tone scale whose steps (in degrees of 22edo) go 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3.

ant lizard dragon man ant lizard dragon man
This is a cover of a song by Threshold of Pain, lyrics by Scott Marshall, arranged and performed by Andrew Heathwaite on a refretted mountain dulcimer and otonal organ. The scale is an octave-repeating slice of overtones, from the 12th to the 24th.






Episodic Development Episodic Development
One of three pieces I improvised live at an open mic at Hurley's night club on Thursday, Sept. 9. Uses a scale I call Tusk Drain.