January 18, 20206 yr Edom means "red" in Hebrew, and it was and ancient city / region next to the Dead Sea.
January 18, 20206 yr This is very gorgeous. I love the suspended animation. It really adds to the flavor. Good work!
January 18, 20206 yr One question I have is why you didn't use the traditional augmented second interval (i.e., Eb - F#) often associated with this subject matter? This would have really drawn the inspiration home -at least to me.
January 19, 20206 yr Author 10 hours ago, jawoodruff said: One question I have is why you didn't use the traditional augmented second interval (i.e., Eb - F#) often associated with this subject matter? This would have really drawn the inspiration home -at least to me. You mean like s G harmonic minor? Or just the interval... I don't know, it began in a sort of Bm but it went through some layers of polychords.
January 19, 20206 yr 3 hours ago, Luis Hernández said: You mean like s G harmonic minor? Or just the interval... I don't know, it began in a sort of Bm but it went through some layers of polychords. And by, yes.. sort of... what I meant was that usually its just the interval -as its usually modified even in major modalities. I like to think of it as the Middle Eastern Interval -as you see it a lot in the music of Bloch and others. I didn't realize this was in Bm... it almost sounded whole tone in some spots -was that intentional?
January 19, 20206 yr Author @jawoodruff Many times I don't think in a tonality, or I mix tonal music with other things, so there was nothing intentional. Regarding those scales with augmented seconds and semitones I'm used to hear them all the time. I live in the Mediterranean coast and all the traditional scales around are based on those intervals, from Middle East to Spain, from North Africa to Balkans.... I didn't want an ethnic flavor. In fact, I liked that Edom means Red.
January 19, 20206 yr 5 hours ago, Luis Hernández said: @jawoodruff Many times I don't think in a tonality, or I mix tonal music with other things, so there was nothing intentional. Regarding those scales with augmented seconds and semitones I'm used to hear them all the time. I live in the Mediterranean coast and all the traditional scales around are based on those intervals, from Middle East to Spain, from North Africa to Balkans.... I didn't want an ethnic flavor. In fact, I liked that Edom means Red. No worries at all. Was just surprised to not hear the augmented second. The piece is good. Was just a query. 🙂
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