It was a productive day today--I got down to work and devised the scale system for the two pieces I'm going to be working on here. It has some interesting properties: you music people might want to poke around with it and see what they are:
C-Db-Eb-E-F#-G#-A-B-C-D-E-F-G-Ab-Bb-C
This is an "octave non-repeating" scale, which is typical for me. It actually repeats its pattern every 8 semitones (in other words, the pattern starting from G# is the same as it was starting from C.) So three cycles of 8 = 24, or two octaves. It includes all 12 pitch classes, but over two octaves. You can figure out the rest.
This evening I rode bike (the NPS has one for me) up to Rainbow Falls, which is about 3 miles upvalley from Stehekin Landing, getting there right around sunset. I didn't take the camera, but here is a picture of rainbow falls:
The only problem with bike riding back (it was all downhill) was the million bugs I ate. Dessert!
I also got some good news by email today: some good friends from Seattle might be able to come and visit while I'm here. All in all, a great day. The only downside is that my watch stopped, and of course, there is nowhere here to get a new battery, or buy a new watch for that matter. And there's no cellphone service, so my phone won't know what time it is either for long. Oh well.
2 comments:
Thanks for the update - keep 'em coming!
your phone will be able to tell time...as long as the battery is fresh...you could always send the watch to some place from seattle
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