11 Feb 2008, #3. "Nina Totenberg" - 7m34s

In this improv, I take my obsession with the Lydian mode to an interesting place. My left hand is playing a very simple line in A, and my right hand is a fifth away, in E. That in itself would be like playing in A Lydian. But in fact, I am playing in E Lydian (and B Lydian when the harmony changes). This yields a lot of A against A#. It doesn't sound quite as dissonant as it might, however, since both notes make perfect sense in their respective lines.

I apologize to the readers who didn't understand that. Listen and tell me whether you find the dissonance unsettling or pleasing, or perhaps not dissonant at all.

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Recorded on February 11th, 2008, at Peace Church of the Brethren, in Portland, OR, with a Zoom H4 Digital Recorder. Edited with Audacity music software.