Fookitoot!

Fookitoot!

http://www.alansondheim.org/fookitoot.mov

short video starring Foofwa d'Imobilite and Jonathan O'Hear

filmed at The Kitchen in New York City

a dense and poetic interpretation of stunning rehearsal time

during stunning rehearsal time for Pina Jackson in Mercememoriam

enjoy Fookitoot to your heart's content, it will take just a

minute or so to download, it is only five megabytes that will

live in your heart _and_ mind forever

short sarangi video

short sarangi video

http://www.alansondheim.org/sarangi5.mp4

this is just a section of a piece; i'm fascinated by the kind

of dancing i can do with my fingers, different from say viola

or hegelung. the recording is fairly awful, since the mic was

fairly distant from the instrument (and the camcorder is cheap),

but i did want to take a look at the kind of dance that's

possible. the strings are stopped by the fingernails and the

sides of the fingers; they're not pressed down to the board.

the tuning is Aea for the gut strings, chromatic and (in my

case), minor keys for the others. the tuning of the sympathetic

strings still isn't complete and everything roams a bit, given

the humidity in our place. i'm excited by the sound of the

sarangi, in spite of its apparent awkwardness; there are so many

possibilities for improvisation. on the other hand, the detuning

can be a headache...

sarangi2 and 3

Alan Sondheim

sarangi2 and sarangi3


no effects were added, raw recording

sarangi2, http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sarangi2.mp3

sarangi3, http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sarangi3.mp3

two new sarangi pieces, i hope to god someone listens to at least one of
these, maybe 3

2 is slow, 3 is somewhat amazing in its variety

there aren't too many people working with this instrument outside the
tradition

http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/795 - better

Sarangi2

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Sarangi ----

Sarangi

http://www.alansondheim.org/sarangi.mp3

Broke down and got a sarangi with 36 sympathetic strings, three
main (gut) ones. So I'm in the midst of tuning them; in the
meantime, do give a listen to the sarangi piece - it's pretty
much like nothing else I've made or heard. Thanks, Alan

Jogia sarangi

Jogia sarangi:

I can't tell whether this is good or bad.

The strings constantly need tuning as the humidity changes.

The harmonics are gorgeous.

The bow swings wildly.

Difficult to pluck the sympathetic strings.

Middle string at octave, and lower...

Better at:

http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/794

http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/goodorbad.mp3

probably losing my touch entirely -

monk


http://www.alansondheim.org/byeeeeb.mp4

itinerant priest, after ascetic and monk seemed too out of sorts. Went to
Daishin Nikuko and another monk were taking a pilgrimage. They came to a
danger trying to ford the torrent. She and the other monk approach,
continued onward for some distance. Towards evening, the other monk said
'From the birth of Daishin Nikuko came the blind monk killed by the mother
but the Diamond Sutra will save me.' The monk said, 'The Diamond Sutra has
brought it back to shore.' The monk said, On the other hand, we all make
way.' A monk passed by, laughing, and asked Nikuko, 'After all this play,
them'm' momonkey fly monk climb themem mymy body heated by iodinene
forest-dwelling monk. This monk perceived that he was seated.' The mad
mad monk replied: 'In the human order, no sooner do we perceive then
Daishin Nikuko and another monk take a pilgrimage. They came to a
danger trying to ford the torrent.' She and the other monk approached and
continued onward for some distance. Towards evening, the other monk said
'From the birth of Daishin Nikuko came the blind monk killed by the mother
a roc broke the silence. A monk walked in the distance, chanting.'

IT will be a monk who will tell the story, o julu
IT will be a monk who will tell the story,

this monk walking up. 'Where are you going?' one of the priests asked. 'To
all our sons.' The monk said, 'Thus we repeatedly give birth to ourselves
of the dead,' and the monk replied, 'From here throughout ministry is
possible.' The monk replied, 'What is universal has no recourse among them
brought back to shore.' The monk said, 'On the other hand, everyone saves
way.' A monk passed by, laughing, and asked, Nikuko, 'After all this play,
is there such a thing as the six-fold veiling of monk or nunagainst their
will,' the solitary monk hurrying her way along in the darkness. The monk
knows the ghost and all the names of the ghosts, but the monk cannot name
the realm of the lanterns and fireflies. So the monk knows and speaks the
name of the monk in the mountains needing to be free. The monk said, 'On
the other hand, everyone saves everyone, that is so.' What shall be left?
What "Sondheim"? A monk burns in full view and the blaze hurries his way
along in the darkness. The monk knows the ghost and all the names of the
ghosts, but the monk cannot save herself or anyone in the the realm of the
lanterns and fireflies. So the monk knows and speaks and this is what she
says: 'itinerant priest, after ascetic and itinerant' - what is left, what
is to be hand, why are we in such terrible terrible pain ...

http://www.alansondheim.org/byeeeeb.mp4

www.alansondheim.org

Six Duets with Chris Diasparra

Alan Sondheim

Six Duets with Chris Diasparra

Check first at http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/791

Shehata oud. These three I think are amazingly successful;
saxophone and oud work well, especially in the lower registers.
I took advantage of glissandi to parallel breath.
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/baroud1.mp3
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/baroud2.mp3
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/baroud3.mp3

Jogia sarangi. This worked better than expected; I think of
the sarangi repetition as song against Chris's figures.
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/barjsarangi.mp3

The pipa has a percussive, almost gritty sound, phrases
turned inside out. This is also quite successful.
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/barpipa.mp3

Open-holed Gemeinhardt flute. Again breathing is critical
against the sax phrasing.
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/barflute.mp3

Chris's lower register is fantastic; you can lose yourself
in it. It's almost cello-like. These pieces form an odd set.
You can here some of this live in April.

Sondheim Archives: Six Duets with Chris Diasparra

lounge.espdisk.com

Shehata oud. These three I think are amazingly successful; saxophone and oud work well, especially in the lower registers. I took advantage of glissandi to parallel breath.

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