Jude Thomas - White Thanksgiving: Four Tableaux in Just Intonation

Notes:

White Thanksgiving: Four Tableaux in Just Intonation 1. "Commuter train" 2. "Farmhouse blues" 3. "Staring at a horse" 4. "Ice on the path" This is set of four brief works features modified sounds of sampled electric piano and synthesizer. The work was sketched during a recent Thanksgiving I spent in Brewster, New York. It snowed the day before Thanksgiving and into holiday morning.

Tuning information:

White Thanksgiving uses a G 392Hz = 1/1, 31-limit system of extended just intonation. Throughout the entire the work, the following pitch ratios are used: 1/1 33/32 32/31 25/24 19/18 17/16 16/15 13/12 11/10 32/29 10/9 9/8 55/48 7/6 32/27 19/16 115/96 6/5 39/32 11/9 5/4 23/18 32/25 21/16 4/3 65/48 11/8 32/23 45/32 17/12 64/45 23/16 13/9 22/15 40/27 3/2 32/21 14/9 25/16 51/32 8/5 13/8 5/3 32/19 27/16 17/10 7/4 16/9 9/5 29/16 11/6 15/8 32/17 17/9 19/10 31/16

Composer bio:

Jude Thomas is a composer and performer in New York City. Jude is interested in just intonation as a means to hear interesting and exciting sounds. In addition to composing, Jude is an active barbershop quartet singer and has performed the music of American experimental composer Harry Partch.