Choan GálvezIt's Donald Bousted's birthday and I miss his genius, his humour, and his advice.
This is I Wish You Were Wearing a Hat, a tribute piece I wrote for solo #flugelhorn, performed by his friend Stephen Altoft.
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Don could be incredibly delicate and expressive on the #ukulele. Enjoy his rendition of Geoffrey Cox's Melody on the "baby elephant" #baritone
Melody by Geoffrey Cox
And, for something completely different, he was always interested in #microtonal music. Bousted wrote for a variety of tunings and instruments, including #quarterTone #accordion.
(Warning: this music is not apt for every audience.)
Donald Bousted: My Time is Your Time - Lore Amenabar Larrañaga
Kevin Dalley@choanmusic
Here's another recording of the same Bousted piece in an album consisting of Lore Amenabar Larrañaga playing on a quarter tone accordion she designed, with pieces she commissioned
How does this accordion compare to Arabic quarter tone accordions?
@AccordionBruce
AccordionBruce@kevindalley @choanmusic
Honestly, I don’t have a good enough ear to be able to recognize a microtonal #accordion just by hearing it
And I don’t believe you can always know within the tradition who is using one or not
Retuning one may be a desire for many, but an expensive one to achieve