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'C' In Between 'C' In Between
The bass note is simply a C, but many of the notes are in between the 12 tone system, albeit played on a normally fretted guitar. These notes are on the actual harmonic points.
6/5 Equilibrium 6/5 Equilibrium
I start with a Root, Major 3rd chord. I add a minor (6/5) and drop down to the point where the out-of-tune-ness of both notes resonate at the same frequency, which turns out to be about 1.7 fret drop. I also do the same going up, about 1.5 frets up.
Save Prelude Save Prelude
Here's a motif I've been working on. The rythm line is not 12 tone. The steps are approximately 1 1/2 frets.
Sliding Slime Sliding Slime
I used the fretless guitar to slide notes from chord to chord to create a sweet, melodic tune.
Magic Door Magic Door
Here's an interesting fretless improv. The notes are not right on. Maybe I'll refine it into a song later.
Zentai Home Zentai Home
Here's a quick chordal composition based on the root E, 2nd (9/8), M3rd (5/4), 4th (4/3), 5th (3.2), & natural 7th (7/4).
Dizzy Dizzy
The notes are based on odd denominators 3,5 & 7. Some notes are very close to each other, causing a swirling or time-warp effect.
24 Spoked Dharma Wheel 24 Spoked Dharma Wheel
An early experimentation on a 24 note per octave scale. The guitar's intonation is way off and is unadjustable, so the quarter steps are not exact. It comes across sounding very chromatic and left-brained... and a little warped.
Tragic Manic Tragic Manic
Here's another 12-tone composition, this time emphasizing a lot of the disharmonious notes.
Early Grunge Early Grunge
This was a pre-fretless jam. I guess if I had decided to stay more traditional, I probably would have evolved from this style.
Iced Tea Iced Tea
One of my favorites. Just tone rythm is the key, which is why it's louder than the improvised lead, which, alas sounds sharp because of the secondary harmonics.
The great talker The great talker
'the great' for the anthem-like rythm, and talker for the noisy soloing over it. And yes, the rythm is unplayable on a normally tuned guitar, although a Hammond organ could probably do it because of the tone wheels.
Emptiness (intro) Emptiness (intro)
some soulful work done on fretless guitar. One of the notes is nearly in between frets.
Walking on Slugs (base) Walking on Slugs (base)
here's some pitch bending that goes both flat and sharp around harmonics, except for the octave, which can only go sharp, since I used a fretted guitar w/o a tremolo. Other notes fall flat on a normally tuned guitar.
Hilbilly Circus Hilbilly Circus
Totally fretless, with all harmonics where they should be. (except for the crazy lead, that is)
Turtle Pancake Turtle Pancake
The lead is tuned flat to make the secondary harmonics resonate properly. Compare this to the normally tuned lead in Turtle Poop.
Turtle Poop Turtle Poop
the rythm section usus a string tuned slightly flat to get the major 3rd and 5th to harmonize properly.
Earthquake 6 8 10 Earthquake 6 8 10
I'm mainly using the 8th half step (slightly sharp) with some cleverly tuned strings and even more clever string bending.
Plotting Plotting
I flattened the D string slightly and tuned down the B string slightly less. (my guitar is an octave down) It's amazing how the power chord is off, but still sounds good, but if the other chords are off they sound horrible.
