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Topic: Rakshasi Hornpipe  (Read 2097 times)

Offline ted

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Rakshasi Hornpipe
on: October 29, 2017, 03:03:12 AM
The other day I was discussing, with a forum member, the significance of personal attractors in improvisation, loosely speaking, ideas or playing forms which form a permanent component of a player's vocabulary. They can characterise one's music either positively or negatively depending on circumstances, but some, such as the pentatonic cell around 2:00 here, seem enduringly joyous. I coined the term "Rakshasi Hornpipe" for this type of cell after the liberating dance in Aldous Huxley's novel, "Island".
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Offline Derek

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Re: Rakshasi Hornpipe
Reply #1 on: October 29, 2017, 01:38:03 PM
Classic Ted! Lots of really tuneful sections here! Love those growly descending runs at the end.
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