guitar

for solo viola, string ensemble, glass marimba, cymbals and electronics using adaptive JI (just intonation) tuning.

This was performed live on an AXiS 49, Korg nanokontrol and Simmons SDMP1 drum pad (played with hands) using Kontakt and Sonar X1.

a poor excuse for blues but I'm a white boy without rhythm

details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2282

Mindaugas Rex Lithuaniae is a piece for string orchestra – Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania. details and a picture http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2267

A work in progress - scored in Sibelius for Alto Flute and Classical Guitar

Year: 2009 Artist's description: Creation's game My mind is broken The depth I cannot fathom Even the stars will die There is no direction When every path Is the same Creation's game Break apart Each waking thought They collide…

apologies to George. 12 string and vocal.

17 Dynes is an improvisation with a 17 note per octave electric guitar that was heavily modified in Melodyne Editor 2.0 DNA. A Dyne is a unit of measure for surface tension.

acoustic guitar improv

just me, 12 string, zoom H2 - there have been better versions.

The Lament of Saint Patrick’s Snakes is an ambient piece using a home made instrument of six guitar strings stretched over a 28? by 3? by 1/2? oak board tuned with zither pins by ear to a JI open chord. The instrument is then bowed with a viola…

ambient When I was a music major one of my friends had a family which ran a funeral home - a well paid profession seeing that they had several cars, maids and butlers - and spent a few nights there. (We tended to stay up to the early am debating…

details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2193 NOTE: meantone refers to a tuning method, not the guitar tone.

I put locking tuners and flat wound chrome strings on my 17 edo axe. Oh and I quieted the hum quite a bit. There will be more coming. Been a busy week - I think this is the first music I've made all week. I'm outta practice. A whirl with the whammy…

details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2179

Richard Sanderson melodeon Chris Vaisvil 5 string bass more information http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp2/coverdale.html

The Broken Cathedral of Christchurch is an ambient poly-tuning piece using 11, 12, and 19 notes to the octave. The instruments used are a Korg MS2000 synthesizer, 19 edo electric guitar (several tracks), and 5 string bass – all with liberal…