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EPISODE · Mar 25, 2008 · 4 MIN

The Next Buddha

from Improvisations · host William Bradbury

This piece is played on the electric mandolin (a five-string Mandoblaster) with minimal effects (compression and reverb). The gentle quietude of the piece suggested something ethereal; this picture of Maitreya Buddha (the next Buddha), seemed perfect to accompany the music. The 30-foot statue of the Maitreya Buddha is in the Thiksey monastery in Ladakh, India. I tuned the mandolin to CGDAE and used a scale based on the overtone series of the note C (C, D, E, F#, G, A, Bb, C). The opening harmonics outline the notes in the series. -William Bradbury

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