a body unable to hold

by Timo Tuhkanen

for 19 EDO electric guitar


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“a body unable to hold”

Timo Tuhkanen 2013

for 19 EDO electric guitar

Unlike traditional notation “a body unable to hold” takes the human hands through a transformational places geared by the zodiac symbols as mapped out onto the human hands by Tyko Brahe, the letters ore from the Two writings of Condeto. In the images of the hands about the neck there are letters that represent correspondence with open strings as indicated in the scordatura. These notes must be followed in order to transform the position of the hand from one position to the next. There is no time as such in the composition, only transformation, but the hand should start from the position furthest away from the torso and proceed through the transformation to pass the body.

With this system anybody's zodiac can the transformed into a musical notation.

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Notes for performance:

- first place the guitar on your lap, if
you don't have a 19 EDO guitar, with a pencil, divide the neck of the
guitar into 19 equal parts

- both hands are notated separately. Equally divided sections are marked clearly and each lasts 30 seconds.

-
Musical notes are on the “neck stay xxx xxx notes that should be
depressed harder into the neck as they are pushed during
transformations.

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Instrumentation

elg

Category

Works for Solo Instrument

Premiere

Premiered at a Korvat Auki ry event in 2013 by Timo Tuhkanen

Commissioned by / Dedicated to

Korvat Auki ry

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MF36320


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