Don’t Cross the Beanfield
from A Loose Grip on Reality by Brian Abbott
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Don’t Cross the Beanfield:
This is another mythologically inspired piece, this time about the supposed death of the ancient Greek philosopher, Pythagoras. The story goes that while being chased by an angry mob intent on killing him, Pythagoras came to the edge of a bean field. It was against Pythagorean law to cross a bean field, so he had to take the long way around, which gave his pursuers enough time to catch up and end his life. The great man was undone by his own personal ideology. The piece is written for two virtual duos of piano and vibraphone. One duo moves at 60 bpm and the other at 60.8 bpm. The ratio between tempos is 531441/524288, the Pythagorean Comma. The pitches are in three limit Pythagorean tuning.
This is another mythologically inspired piece, this time about the supposed death of the ancient Greek philosopher, Pythagoras. The story goes that while being chased by an angry mob intent on killing him, Pythagoras came to the edge of a bean field. It was against Pythagorean law to cross a bean field, so he had to take the long way around, which gave his pursuers enough time to catch up and end his life. The great man was undone by his own personal ideology. The piece is written for two virtual duos of piano and vibraphone. One duo moves at 60 bpm and the other at 60.8 bpm. The ratio between tempos is 531441/524288, the Pythagorean Comma. The pitches are in three limit Pythagorean tuning.
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from A Loose Grip on Reality,
released February 1, 2023
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