@kobycomp I was searching for different performances of Bohuslav Martinů’s “Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, Piano and String Quartet” and ran across Jacob’s amazing udderbot performance on YouTube. I immediately started searching my household for udderbot parts.

Thinking something like

1. Hot cross buns in Ab major
2. Mary Had a Little Lamb in A major
3. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Bb major
4. Do-Re-Mi in B major
5. Amazing Grace in F major

And there's Level One!

...or should there be more levels?...

And I guess Do-Re-Mi isn't exactly traditional.

I know there are scads of other traditional songs, and it would be cool to feature some more obscure ones. Nursery rhymes etc.

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I am curious too, how learning more about microtonality (is that a word?) will develop my pitch awareness. Looking forward to that!

Hi, I think I heard Jacob mention Jamkazam but I was curious if anyone else has ever used Sonobus — back when I was looking for distance jam apps, sonobus seemed to work best, but I haven’t used it in a while. Read more at
https://sonobus.net/.

I do use Facebook. https://facebook.com/bookfixt

I'm working on cultivating an appropriate presence on a wide variety of places, but I don't have a good strategy in place yet.

Also, the Xenharmonic Alliance Discord I'm starting to be more of a presence on: https://discord.gg/9J8k3wdC

Not trying to be invisible, just post too infrequently to be a constant presence anywhere.

Am involved with MU yes.

@Marla-G that is a c-r-a-z-y coincidence!

I still cannot believe how good your theremin intonation is. I mean, when you're on, you are ON!

I can't wait 'til we get to some microtonal ear training and how that will open things up.

Here’s a link to the type of canning glove I’m using. They are not super thick, just a bit thicker than regular rubber gloves. I’m not sure about the brand or size though, since I got mine at a garage sale.

https://a.co/d/0h8zHYH

We are so on the same wavelength. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8-TiJkyMDZojX9i6bpe5e5rSrfMhEumhz5GNM0/?igsh=MXZlanJjcDU5ejZrMA==