Mike Battaglia - "Wordless Prayer/12-Bar Blues" (Full Performance, 24-EDO, Lumatone Artist Series)

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Watch ‪@MikeBattagliaMusic‬'s mind-blowing performance of "Wordless Prayer," a blues-inspired original composition, using a brilliant approach to variable microtonality on Lumatone. Starting with a 24-EDO mapping, Mike programmed his Lumatone's mod wheel to allow him to adjust the quarter-tone intervals in real time. With the mod wheel at the top, it's 24-edo. As the mod wheel is lowered, all of the half-sharp/half-flat notes move together in unison lower. The result is an instrument that gives Mike the ultimate flexibility to subtly play just like a guitarist would, completely from his gut, without the often artificial sound and hand-distracting need for a pitch wheel.
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@MikeBattagliaMusic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you everyone! This is a tune I wrote called "Wordless Prayer"; it's kind of a gospel/blues-inspired thing. One of the things I thought was most interesting when I first got this keyboard is that it basically has a "physical blue note" key on it. You can get all of these sounds that normally you can't get on a keyboard - unless it's like an old barrel house piano. It's kind of a trip! So I spent some time trying to make use of all that in a way I thought sounded natural and fit the music, taking inspiration from barrel house players, harmonica players, etc. Whether you want to call the result a traditional blues or not is up to you, but whatever you call it, hope you enjoy! I would love to see what some other blues musicians would do with one of these.

@eosborne6495 Жыл бұрын

Mikes playing is everything I like about non-tempered traditional music and everything I like about more academic xenharmonic music mashed together. It’s like folk music from the future and I love it.

@mr88cet Жыл бұрын

That’s got to be the most soulful Lumatone performance I’ve ever heard!

@RISCGames Жыл бұрын

Mike is officially the Boss of Lumatone. >

@eelamite Жыл бұрын

ONG.. i aint never seen someone jam out like Mike with such fluidity

@eelamite Жыл бұрын

man he's so free. he knows the ins and outs of it like the back of his hand

@ambienthangout 13 күн бұрын

Currently the only artist I want to hear on this thing.

@benjaminhall5784 Жыл бұрын

Dude is on another planet. Love it.

@janekmo Жыл бұрын

outstanding player and great instrument!

@eelamite Жыл бұрын

BROOO THEY GOT BATTAGLIA ON THE CHANNEL

@CineMutt 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@jaydugger3291 Жыл бұрын

Clever use of the mod wheel!

@bacicinvatteneaca 4 ай бұрын

Wish some oldtimey bluesman could hear this

@ronigbzjr Жыл бұрын

Really cool. Can't wait to have one myself and see the possibilities I can explore with this.

@mr88cet Жыл бұрын

I don’t work for Lumatone, but I strongly recommend getting one! I’ve been wanting such a thing since 1977, and I’ve been enjoying the heck out of mine!

@LiveLoopers Жыл бұрын

So fun!

@DIYbanjo Жыл бұрын

So good.

@daneguitarist1 Жыл бұрын

this sounds great

@kurikokaleidoscope Жыл бұрын

Fabulous work here ❤❤

@yoverale 5 ай бұрын

Simplemente increíble ❤

@ggoncalves80 6 ай бұрын

This is amazing!!

@misterguy9051 Жыл бұрын

SIR. Yes SIR!

@jordan3636 Жыл бұрын

I think for your next performance series you all should try to get in a band to play a microtonal performance. I think like the lumatone, drums, and maybe fretless bass/upright bass. I think a video like that would really help people visualize how it could be used with a band as an alternative to the piano paradigm and that the lumatone could be paired with other instruments easily, even if your band does play 12tet music. Love these videos by the way. Really considering at this point selling all my other gear and getting the lumatone.

@ismaelschewe9826 11 ай бұрын

do you know "hear between the lines2 they make awesome microtonal music incorparating the lumatone and have some cool music videos on yt

@stephenweigel Жыл бұрын

This is just magnificent! I assume it’s easier to play in this layout than the actual 24-EDO layout?

@patternsonthepalm 10 ай бұрын

somebody get one of these to Cory Henry asap

@ElmoIsBold 4 ай бұрын

Gospel John?

@thereallightwarrior906 Жыл бұрын

Nice, if diatonic blues - I wasn't hearing any microtonality, Was that his intention? Or I may not be able to really distinguish it yet. I'm not sure I get what the wheel was supposed to do, so I'll dig a bit deeper.

@danielcobbey3453 Жыл бұрын

Well, blue notes and bent notes are pretty common in blues, where that sound came from approximation of non western tonality, with a instrument like this, you have to approximate less. You probably didn't catch it because you expected more out stuff in comparison. I will say, the "base" of the tune was pretty in line with equal temperament

@DanielWesleyKCK 7 ай бұрын

There's plenty of microtonality in there, he's just not laying on it and it doesn't sound like the ethereal/cosmic microtonal music that most people play.

@gemsfromhistorysdustpan2.070 Жыл бұрын

How similar is it to a traditional keyboard?

@Foxxey Жыл бұрын

This is a quarter-tone layout so every second note matches one note on the traditional keyboard. Also you can go up instead of just playing horizontally which gives you more "space" for exploring higher temperaments instead of squeezing the notes into one big line.. You can setup other preset temperaments and layouts ranging to up to 53 notes per octave. Also this works just like any other midi controller so you can setup your own notes. They also have options to change the key colors.

@liorsilverstein9802 Жыл бұрын

pretty sure they do not make these, where this guy comes from...

@mepepepep6193 Жыл бұрын

love the trans flag keyboard

@tfwnoyandere Жыл бұрын

fuck yea

@jodgey4 7 ай бұрын

♡ yes

@eboone Ай бұрын

yuh‼️

@Zahlenteufel1 Жыл бұрын

what sorcery is this?

@eelamite Жыл бұрын

i ask myself that everytime i hear the man play

@GillesAniorteTomassian Жыл бұрын

Otis Spann and Conlon Nancarrow tells you how wrong you are by limiting the Blues to your keyboard

@MasonWhite1994 Жыл бұрын

Really cool instrument but at $4K USD for a essentially a midi controller it's so far out of reach and just not realistic

@cd-zw2tt Жыл бұрын

damn $4k?

@progmind4274 10 ай бұрын

All one has to do is invent a new instrument.... Then wait for it to end up in the hands of the right Italian.... Then something magical will happen...