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<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.2016.0"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial><FONT size=3>Hi Jeff , The other day I discovered a great thing about the singing of Chet Baker.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>I was transcribing his scat-solo on "all of you" from the cd Chet baker Sings Again.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT face=Arial>He makes his vocal phrases and lines sound so great because he uses quartersteps in</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>his pitches here and there.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial> To me , this was an amazing discovery , because it led me to two realizations:</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>1. Microtonality can exist in tonal music and can be a great tool to make old phrases come alive.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>2. No way in hell am I gonna be able to play Chat Baker scat-solos without working up</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>a massive vib-arm technique..........(I`m gonna do it , btw)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>So there , thats all I know about the subject.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Yours , Thomas Wøhni</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> </html>