yearn 1.5*

[Alan Sondheim]

yearn 1.5*


the last of the alpine zithers and difficulties in major thirds
of course this gives you a sixth to play with
it's the sixth that provides the leading tones here
everything was retuned and difficulties increase
the soundboard expands and contracts constantly retuning
how often do you say 'stop that' to a piece of wood
in any case the tonic is present and just out of reach
in other words you might think of phenomenology of the foundation
the foundation is present and elsewhere and fills one with yearning
coming home is always already a detour
http://www.asondheim.org/yearn1.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/yearn2.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/yearn3.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/yearn4.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/yearn5.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/yearn6.mp3
you're tired of these yes no relax
they'll take you home and follow through on the six
what order and what absence of order
the three halftone gap between sixth and octave says 'hello'
says 'hello' i know you're waiting something to happen or fall
music falls and catches you just like that
you move around to the spotty rhythm hup hup hup
now then please notice the space of the hollow of the soundbox
it's resonating everywhere in the later pieces
it's saying 'you're playing the fundamental temperature of the universe'
it's saying 'welcome to the background microwave radiation'
it's saying 'and its anomalies'
close your eyes and the primordial washes over you
it's in the gap of 1.5 yes and no of the fraying of ratios
the primordial shudders in resonance with the music raga rasa yes no
I've already said too much!



(see also http://nikuko.blogspot.com )