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Here's a smattering of 2 note chords. The chord combinations create a floating or dreamy effect. I used my Hondo guitar newly fitted with a plexiglass neck.
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This page is dedicated to the few friends who know I play an instrument. So, if you are a family member, proceed no further... I will post some of my improvs here, for you to hear. They are posted more or less in chrolological order, starting from the bottom. They are not refined, but represent new ideas since you musicians know how long it takes to perfectly compose and record a song. I hit a major stumbling block when I realized that the harmonics on the conventional 12 tone even tempered scale is imperfect. I have built a couple of fretless guitars to play the notes at the exact harmonic frequencies. (And I have an excuse to run away from the confoundingly hard 12 tone scale. I don't get it. I'm good with math...) I've always thought the current 12 tone system was flawed. There seemed to be a longing, and something was missing. My theory is that the longing is caused by the notes "pulling" towards their natural harmonic frequencies, since notes in a chord are just out of tune from each other. the 5th is ever so slightly flat. The Major 3rd and the 4th are slightly sharp. I played a conventional guitar on my earliest pieces (starting with "Early Grunge"). You can revel (or despair) in my evolution (why does it take so long?). Or is it devolution? I figure it's similar to how Van Gough developed his painting style. -heh I have posted some experiments on notes based on different denominators. The conventional 12 notes can be approximated with various notes from the denominators 2,3,4,6 & 9.
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Genre
Jazz Free Jazz
Charts
Peak #337
Peak in subgenre #19
Uploaded
October 09, 2004
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MP3 1.2 MB 128 kbps 0:00
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Most of the notes are close or quite a bit away from the conventional 12 tone system. Check out my cool experimental nutless design in the pic! Talk about low action! I use it to slide a note off the fretboard seamlessly, which I utilize in this song!!! It really doesn't sound like it because I'm reusing old strings that are way too thin, but at least this guitar has decent tone, as compared to all of my other fretless recordings, which was done with the other guitar. I have a metal bar for a bridge. When the new bridge comes in, I will have to do some surgery to install it, and then I'll put some phat, new strings on, and fine tune the nutless design.
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