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43 Commas

from Incongruity by Monroe Golden

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43 Commas was composed for Donnie Ashworth and Adam Bowles, and based on just-tuned chord progressions that – with each iteration – drift in pitch by the interval of a Syntonic Comma. The resulting tonic chord at the end of the piece is a major sixth lower than the (functionally) same chord at the beginning. The instrumental parts remain in 12 tone equal temperament, and are constrained to pitches that are proximate to partials related to the just-tuned chords (4:5:6, 10:12:15, and 6:7:9). A computer program determined paths of common-tone harmonic progressions in order to maximize the number of available equal-tempered pitches. The timbres of the soundfile were chosen to reference blown-pipe and struck-string families of instruments.

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from Incongruity, released April 18, 2011
Donnie Ashworth, flute
Adam Bowles, piano

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Monroe Golden Alabama

Monroe Golden is a composer from rural Alabama whose works explore microtonal systems, described by critics as “delightfully disorienting,” “lovely, sumptuous, yet arcane,” and “irresistible music, full of wit and beauty.” There are two prior dedicated audio releases of his music: A Still Subtler Spirit (Living Artist Recordings, 2003), and Alabama Places (innova Recordings, 2007). ... more

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