I find it nice to know some tunes that dwell within one octave. 

One reason is that for the majority of my tune writing and playing, I lived with a cat. His ears didn't seem to appreciate any tin whistle notes above the first octave. So out of consideration to his ears, a large amount of the tunes I wrote stayed in the first octave.

I also play musical instruments for people with developmental disabilities. If the mood is calm & quiet, and I'm maybe trying to help them relax or sleep, a tune that goes into the 2nd octave on a tin whistle or flute may be a bit too loud. So one octave tunes are nice for this as well.

One octave tunes also give me an option of what key to play the tune in to best suit a moment. For example, on a D whistle I could play it in the first octave (D) or the second octave (G). If I'm outside and it's windy, I may choose to play in G, since the second octave is a bit more wind resistant (it's tough to play whistles in windy weather). And I could choose D or G depending on the volume of the place I'm playing. It's also nice to have options of different keys to play in so you have more of a chance of playing along with other instuments.

It might also be nice to know some one octave tunes for anyone who plays an instrument that can only play 8 notes or so. For me, this would be my pendant ocarina, which I often bring along to play while out in a forest.

And lastly, I also just find that I enjoy simplistic tunes.

So here are some one octave tunes I've recorded. Most of these are original compositions, with a few traditional tunes here & there.

One Octave Tunes

A tune titled in appreciation of a very neat looking and very neat sounding bird.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Burke tin whistle, Mk Pro low whistle

Starlings In The Oak Tree

Malanga 5

Instruments:
Hora octave mandolin, Burke D & low G whistles

Two Raccoons In A Blueberry Bush

Green Hills Of Pennsylvania

M.NOMIZED : Synthesizers, Melodica, Sampler, Treatments, Loops.

for "Rainbowing", a project by Marco Lucchi

settembre 2022

Marco Lucchi - Rainbowing (seven colors mix) - remixed by M.Nomized

This song was inspired by John Rocca classic "Move". I written a song about saving the children from horrible wars such as what's going on in Ukraine right now. But there are worse atrocities in Africa in countries like Yemen and Sudan, which hardly getting any media attention. Looking forward to Erica singing to the lyrics for this song I've written.

Save The Children (Instrumental)

The Truth Hunters - Save The Children (Instrumental)

Beat Iom D BdBgs.mp3

Mission Orange

Poetry

Brubo   Gussoni  -   ryuteki
Dararat  Chemnasiri    -   Alto  Sax
Dirk Wachtelaer - Drums
Ana  Foutel -  Piano   
Vanessa  Pettendorfer   -  Native Flute 
King Imagine  -   Piano  ,    synth pad  ,  sqeak  ,  piano   wood   percussion,  FX

King  Imagine Online  Sextet - Letargia

"War does not determine who is right, only who is left" - Bertrand Russel.

This 4-movement orchestral work (Symphony No.3, Symphony of War and Peace) was my best teacher of how life and its twists conduct musical sensibilities and creation.

Originally, this Symphony was intended as a spring work in the year 2022. 
Inspired by the lovely stay in South Tyrol, warmed by the sun and energized by the beautiful surroundings, the first movement begins with joyful brass fanfares.

Sadly, already in the making of the first bars, the Russian War has broken out. Therefore the first movement is dominated by fear and anguish and stormy outbursts, which rebel again and again and collapse repeatedly right after.

The English Horn has a special role in this symphony. This time it symbolizes not romantic love, but the longing for peace and harmony.
Several times it joins the strings in a lovely hymn of praise to the pureness of life.

The second movement mourns the loss caused by the outbreak of war: the immense loss of confidence, security, and all the people expelled, silenced, or crushed by war.
The English Horn blows several times for hope, and the music always turns from minor to major as a result. The lonely violin sings its mournful tune to life.
All this is silenced in the finale. All is in despair.

The third movement ventures (in vain) into lightness. Set in a relaxed 3/4 time, there are several touches of dance and celebration, but they never really flow due to repeated changes in the tempo and the harmony.
The movement ends, as the previous movement does, in melancholy. The supposed Waltz dissipates into lamenting the lost joy of life.

The fourth movement contrasts war and peace. Therefore, the music alternates several times between absolute tranquility and relaxation and to the eruption of violent musical phrases.
After a massive opening and a extended silent sequence, the war battles take over - one by one - all the instruments. The music erupts literally into chaos. Killing any harmony and beauty. 
What remains is an abandoned set of deep string instruments.
After a reprise of the 4th movement opening, the flute sings a lonely peace melody. (I re-used this part in my Ode to Mother's Love: Your Love Beneath my Wings)
Gradually the other instruments join in, the woodwind, the strings, and finally the brass and the percussion. Together they sing the lovely melody of peace.
Instead of ending this thoughtful Symphony with a loud fanfare, the strings quietly conclude with restrained modesty, intoning the peace motif one last time, reminiscent that peace will prevail. 

Thank you for listening !

Symphony of War and Peace - IV. War and Peace

A choral anthem (SATB and Piano) of this track can be purchased at ArrangeMe.com. 

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Make a Joyful Noise

Instruments:
Burke low G whistle, tenor guitar, organ

White Goat

An original whistle waltz, written on a day that I saw a lot of Eastern Pheobes.

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar

Eastern Pheobe

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Doug Tipple flute, bongos, conga, frame drum, karatala, egg shaker, shruti box, organ effect on iPad

Downy Woodpecker

Original compositions played upon various acoustic instruments. 

At the moment, the majority of music I record is original folk tunes. Most of these tunes arise whilst out in natural ecosystems or shortly after visiting a natural ecosystem. The titles often reflect an aspect of the ecosystem I had noticed while the tune came about. Lately this is usually a species of bird.

Tin whistles and flutes appear the most often in my recordings; though mandolin, tenor guitar, lyre harp, jaw harp, dulcitar, and a handful of other instruments show up fairly often as well.

And here's some more music I've made along with my friend Dan Jones:
https://soundcloud.com/user-453898279

Two Raccoons In A Blueberry Bush

Zach Schneider

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