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Entries from May 2022

Interlude in C

May 29th, 2022 · 2 Comments

This interlude uses five pitches around middle C: 250, 255, 260, 265, and 27o Hz. I retuned a chord zither, but a digital keyboard would also work.

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Black Scat Review 25

May 23rd, 2022 · 2 Comments

The 25th issue of Black Scat Review is now out and ready for you to read! This one is subtitled “Lewd, Nude, and Rude,” and contains three of my contributions: “King Merrimack,” in which the eponymous monarch and his physician Celso receive a boorish visitor; “The Noble Apothecary,” my translation of a 1664 novella by […]

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Music for Two Monochords: Sixes and Sevens

May 15th, 2022 · 2 Comments

Two monochords play a duet: one plays segments of the string that are divisible by six, the other segments that are divisible by seven. All ends harmoniously on 84.

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Melody in A

May 10th, 2022 · Comments Off on Melody in A

Seven pitches are used: 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, and 470 Hz. I retuned a chord zither, but a digital keyboard would also work. Here’s the first page:

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Caroline Crépiat with “Le Chat Noir Exposed”

May 5th, 2022 · Comments Off on Caroline Crépiat with “Le Chat Noir Exposed”

Caroline Crépiat holds up my translation of her book Le Chat Noir Exposed, at an art show in Paris. If you haven’t read it yet, this may remind you that you’ve been meaning to.

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Tags: *Words · C