Now and Xen: 004 - Chris Bailey and Jacob Barton

004 - Chris Bailey and Jacob Barton

Jan 31, 2019

In this episode, Stephen discusses ear training and sliding-pitch techniques with two members of UnTwelve, Jacob and Chris. (Be sure to spread the word about UnTwelve 2019 camp, happening from August 4-13 at the Gesundheit Institute in West Virginia)! The three composers discuss performance techniques and music theory of compositions they have written and/or covered, so musical examples are abundant! Other important topics include paucitonality, rendering of equal tunings in just intonation, tuning “surveys,” electronic manipulation, and voice leading of isolated xenharmonic passages in 17-edo, 20-edo, and JI notated with Sagittal. (And 12-edo)!

Making microtones easier is fun! You can follow UnTwelve at their website:

http://untwelve.org/

Chris’s soundcloud/Bandcamp is here:

https://soundcloud.com/zipzappoozoo

https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christopher-bailey-glimmering-webs

And here’s some of Jacob’s sites:
https://soundcloud.com/metaclown

https://jacobbarton.bandcamp.com/track/foum-or-xenharmonic-variations-on-a-theme-by-mozart

https://archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01

https://www.soundclick.com/bands3/default.cfm?bandID=145852

Music

Intro: Chris Bailey - Ditty, from ‘Glimmering Webs’ (19edo)

Outro: Jacob Barton - Kleismic Joy (19edo)