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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Four unusual solos (raft-zither, viola, piccolo)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:27:52 -0400 (EDT)
Four unusual solos http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/raftzither1.mp3 http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/raftzither2.mp3 The raft-zither is a grass-based zither from Western Africa; see http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/Africa/1245/RaftZither.html (mine is identical) - I received this from Stephen Dydo. Reverb is added. The raft-zither has an amazing beautiful, soft sound. http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/viola1.mp3 So far the viola sounds similar to my violin playing, but much more resonant, deeper. I'm tuning it CGcg, holding it vertically. New works coming shortly. http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/piccolo1.mp3 Piccolo solo which I can only describe as truly annoying. Hiss reduction and reverb are added. It's as if another music, in another register, suddenly made itself manifest.