Land Urchin is a piece for string band in 11-limit just intonation, written by [[JacobBarton|JacobBarton]] during [[Xenharmonic_Praxis_Summer_Camp|Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] 2011. Now part of [[The_Sagittal_Songbook|The Sagittal Songbook]].
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">Land Urchin is a piece for string band in 11-limit just intonation, written by [[JacobBarton]] during [[Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] 2011.
=Back story=
=Back story=
I've been interested in old-time string band music since 2008, when I attended an open jam & tune-learning session with the folks at [[http://c-4a.org/|Community Center for the Arts]]. I was interested in the technical challenge of playing fiddle tunes on the udderbot, and I liked how it seemed to blend well with the violin-banjo-bass-mandolin sound world. I also liked the orientation less towards performance and more towards open jams, teaching each other tunes, a musical community that cared for itself.
I've been interested in old-time string band music since 2008, when I attended an open jam & tune-learning session with the folks at [http://c-4a.org/ Community Center for the Arts]. I was interested in the technical challenge of playing fiddle tunes on the udderbot, and I liked how it seemed to blend well with the violin-banjo-bass-mandolin sound world. I also liked the orientation less towards performance and more towards open jams, teaching each other tunes, a musical community that cared for itself.
I got excited about the prospect of attending this [[http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/|huge string band festival]] that was only 90 minutes away from our camp in West Virginia, in order to enter the Neo-traditional string band contest. We didn't quite get a competition entry together, but Michael Garman penned a boisterous bluegrass piece in quartertones called "Twang", and I managed to write this tune. It's informed a lot by the common-tone JI modulations we were teaching in the camp.
I got excited about the prospect of attending this [http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/ huge string band festival] that was only 90 minutes away from our camp in West Virginia, in order to enter the Neo-traditional string band contest. We didn't quite get a competition entry together, but Michael Garman penned a boisterous bluegrass piece in quartertones called "Twang", and I managed to write this tune. It's informed a lot by the common-tone JI modulations we were teaching in the camp.
=Score=
=Score=
Various melodic tweaks are still being discussed, but we're going to let performance practice have its way with it from here on out. PDF of "definitive version" of the song, which uses [[sagittal corner|sagittal notation]]: [[file:barton - land urchin.pdf]].
Various melodic tweaks are still being discussed, but we're going to let performance practice have its way with it from here on out. PDF of "definitive version" of the song, which uses [[Sagittal_Corner|sagittal notation]]: [[:File:barton_-_land_urchin.pdf|barton - land urchin.pdf]].
And now, tablature for [[22edo]] guitar by Andrew Heathwaite!: [[file:Land Urchin tab.rtf]]
Newer score, with ratios, made for Jim Altieri: [[:File:land_urchin.pdf|land urchin.pdf]]
=Lyrics=
And now, tablature for [[22edo|22edo]] guitar by Andrew Heathwaite!: [[:File:Land_Urchin_tab.rtf|Land Urchin tab.rtf]]
=Lyrics=
Ryan wrote some lyrics, but we're not sure they're the right ones. Taking submissions.
Ryan wrote some lyrics, but we're not sure they're the right ones. Taking submissions.
=Recordings=
=Recordings=
Studio mockup and rough live recording of 1st draft:
Dan's studio mockup and rough live recording of 1st draft:
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I've been interested in old-time string band music since 2008, when I attended an open jam &amp; tune-learning session with the folks at <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://c-4a.org/" rel="nofollow">Community Center for the Arts</a>. I was interested in the technical challenge of playing fiddle tunes on the udderbot, and I liked how it seemed to blend well with the violin-banjo-bass-mandolin sound world. I also liked the orientation less towards performance and more towards open jams, teaching each other tunes, a musical community that cared for itself.<br />
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I got excited about the prospect of attending this <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/" rel="nofollow">huge string band festival</a> that was only 90 minutes away from our camp in West Virginia, in order to enter the Neo-traditional string band contest. We didn't quite get a competition entry together, but Michael Garman penned a boisterous bluegrass piece in quartertones called &quot;Twang&quot;, and I managed to write this tune. It's informed a lot by the common-tone JI modulations we were teaching in the camp.<br />
Various melodic tweaks are still being discussed, but we're going to let performance practice have its way with it from here on out. PDF of &quot;definitive version&quot; of the song, which uses <a class="wiki_link" href="/sagittal%20corner">sagittal notation</a>: <!-- ws:start:WikiTextFileRule:10:&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/file/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf?h=52&amp;w=320&quot; class=&quot;WikiFile&quot; id=&quot;wikitext@@file@@barton - land urchin.pdf&quot; title=&quot;File: barton - land urchin.pdf&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;52&quot; /&gt; --><div class="objectEmbed"><a href="/file/view/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf/247030017/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf" onclick="ws.common.trackFileLink('/file/view/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf/247030017/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf');"><img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png" height="32" width="32" alt="barton - land urchin.pdf" /></a><div><a href="/file/view/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf/247030017/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf" onclick="ws.common.trackFileLink('/file/view/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf/247030017/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf');" class="filename" title="barton - land urchin.pdf">barton - land urchin.pdf</a><br /><ul><li><a href="/file/detail/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf">Details</a></li><li><a href="/file/view/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf/247030017/barton%20-%20land%20urchin.pdf">Download</a></li><li style="color: #666">225 KB</li></ul></div></div><!-- ws:end:WikiTextFileRule:10 -->.<br />
I've been interested in old-time string band music since 2008, when I attended an open jam & tune-learning session with the folks at Community Center for the Arts. I was interested in the technical challenge of playing fiddle tunes on the udderbot, and I liked how it seemed to blend well with the violin-banjo-bass-mandolin sound world. I also liked the orientation less towards performance and more towards open jams, teaching each other tunes, a musical community that cared for itself.
I got excited about the prospect of attending this huge string band festival that was only 90 minutes away from our camp in West Virginia, in order to enter the Neo-traditional string band contest. We didn't quite get a competition entry together, but Michael Garman penned a boisterous bluegrass piece in quartertones called "Twang", and I managed to write this tune. It's informed a lot by the common-tone JI modulations we were teaching in the camp.
Score
Various melodic tweaks are still being discussed, but we're going to let performance practice have its way with it from here on out. PDF of "definitive version" of the song, which uses sagittal notation: barton - land urchin.pdf.
Newer score, with ratios, made for Jim Altieri: land urchin.pdf