TALKING HANDS: Overtones, timbre, temperament & Varèse “The Liberation of Sound”

Read Varèse NEW MUSIC report pdf [2Mb] http://www.picture-poems.com/pdfs/varese-radical-decade.pdf PIANO Metaphysics vs. VOICE Metaphysics We shape the world and the shapes us. Contrasting two very different self-worldviews. One is based on piano, and how it has conditioned our thinking and perception; The other is based on the voice, and how if the fully embodied voice is primary our thinking and perception will be very different. That is why in TALKING HANDS we say, “Our first instrument is always your speaking singing voice.” Not the piano. Not the violin. But the voice. Then I show how this liberates the way we hear and perform the music of Edgard Varèse, right down to the basic temperament or tuning of sounds. Think of that! To hear what this sounds like listen to Varèse DESERTS, part two on Soundclous https://soundcloud.com/cliff-crego/deserts-by-edgard-var-se-part DOWNLOAD a working draft of The TALKING HANDS / TALKING FEET FLORILEGIUM:—100 poems, sayings, chants, songs, & rhythms to learn by heart, by Cliff Crego [1Mb] http://www.picture-poems.com/pdfs/talking-hands_florilegium.pdf