Easley Blackwood[10]

Which piece of music is favored most by Easley Blackwood's cat? And which one of his etudes caused people at the O'Hare airport to call him "crazy" when played over the speakers? Find out in this landmark episode! Here, we discuss both the Twelve and Six Etudes, analysis of them, various equal tunings, and chord structures in equal tunings. Music Intro: Easley Blackwood - Fanfare in 19edo Outro: Easley Blackwood - Suite for Guitar in 15edo (I) Easley Blackwood - Twelve Microtonal Etudes (16, 21, 23, 13, 17, 24, 14, 20, 19 are played) Alexander Scriabin - Sonata in F# minor Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (Farmers Pavan CCLXXXVII, meantone) Nicola Vicentino - Madonna il poco dolce (31edo) Stephen Weigel - Six Macrotonal Etudes (10, 7 are played) Microtonal Compositions liner notes: http://www.cedillerecords.org/album-artwork/018-blackwood-microtonal-booklet.pdf Microtonal Compositions: https://open.spotify.com/album/4NtUMHRVqNcnvB5stDwjnn?si=vfWw_Ue2Tsy3bZrRUL-1eA Analysis of Twelve Microtonal/Six Macrotonal Etudes: https://www.stephenweigelcomposerperformer.com/xenharmonic-analysis Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA