Mistune, by Chris Prosser

Mistune

by Chris Prosser

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1.	Strad 05:16	info	buy track
2.	Resolve 06:01	info	buy track
3.	Beam 06:09	info	buy track
4.	Question 05:14	info	buy track
5.	Knock 04:06	info	buy track
6.	Wax 05:36	info	buy track
7.	Minor 04:41	info	buy track
8.	Fleck 01:54	info	buy track
9.	Thrum 04:56	info	buy track
10.	Quakey 04:51	info	buy track
11.	Ebb 05:28	info	buy track
12.	Strange 05:15	info	buy track
13.	Foam 02:28	info	buy track
14.	Standard 05:37	info	buy track
15.	Offset 05:17	info	buy track

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The tunings for both instruments explore the theme ‘As close as makes a difference’. Tunings are not far in distance from standard pitch, nor from each other. Yet, with nine strings available, the combinations provide wide scope for harmonic and emotional interplay. The music is a mixture of prepared score and improvisation.

Strad - church bells transposed from Cremona to Rongotai
Resolve - tension and resolve continually built in
Beam - sharpening of top violin strings brings lift
Question - Robbie thought of this name, so why not
Knock - who is in the violin
Wax - brings it on
Minor - based on a triad
Fleck - a short wave
Thrum - so relaxed it barely comes into being
Quakey - a name that belies neutral temperament
Ebb - smell of the sea
Strange - fog and 98 per cent humidity
Foam - splashy
Standard - ‘Strad’ on standard violin tuning; tanpura is Pa sa sa sa Sa
Offset - doesn’t want to fit in

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released November 1, 2018

Chris Prosser - violin
Susan Thomson - tanpura
Album recorded live at Braebum studio by Robbie Duncan, Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington), New Zealand on five Sundays between 19 November 2017 and 15 July 2018.
Produced by Chris Prosser and Robbie Duncan.
Rongotai Records RRCD-1
Rongotai is the Wellington suburb where this music was created and the word rongotai in te reo Maori means 'sound of the sea'.

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Chris Prosser Wellington, New Zealand

Based in New Zealand. Performer, composer, improviser. Solo work focus: 1. Scordatura (unorthodox tunings) 2. Additive rhythm patterns 3. Melody (with voice or ditto pedal).
Participation in klezmer, Celtic, free improvisation, free jazz, fusion, physical theatre, voice theatre. Open to collaborations. Any singer-songwriters looking for an improvising violinist? ... more

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