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Goodbye Beautiful Oak

from Nonsense B by Georgina Brett

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Track 1 of Non Sense B explores a vocal development of the tambura, the lute-like Indian drone instrument. The tambura is played behind the soloist and is often "strummed" by a novice. It most usually has its' strings tuned to the fifth of the scale, the tonic octave, the tonic octave and the tonic. ie 5-8-8-1 (sol do' do' do). It's purpose in Indian music is to create a harmonically rich backing for the soloists, the strings of the lute create rich overtones and thus an array of sonic possibilities for the main performer. It is not usually played in any rhythm, but sympathetically to the music.

So here is my reaction to a challenge, "How about doing something using the Tambura?"

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There are no discernible words, other than those you might find yourself.

As for the title "Goodbye Beautiful Oak" The week I sang this, my mum and dad moved out of the family home where i lived and had gone back to since i was 8 years old. I loved the trees there, especially this Oak which was over 500 years old, it had an enormous burr on the side and when I was little i can remember climbing up and down into a massive hole in the centre of the tree, long since filled in to prevent the tree from water damage. I was so sad to think i may never see them again, but they are still so vivid, i can't imagine forgetting them.

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from Nonsense B, released October 31, 2012

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Georgina Brett London, UK

Georgina (BMus MA in Electro-acoustic music), focuses mainly on vocal compositions in ambient, minimalist and electro- acoustic styles Currently transferring her live techniques to computer based ambisonic, vocal composition and ambisonic 3D spatializations. She has also recently begun performing using her own poetry. She runs Tuesdays Post : Live Progressive Ambient a series of concerts in London. ... more

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