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Meeting Joe Satriani in 2005

February 9, 2012

After a bit of a clean up, my daughter found the pic of our visit to Allans Music in Sydney on Monday 14th of March 2005, between 2 to 4pm. Here we lined up for 2 hours and were the LAST to be allowed to meet Joe. There was almost a riot that broke out behind me. It went something like this;  Hi Joe I love your stuff, my daughter is a keyboard player who lists you as one of her favorite and most influential musicians. My daughter spoke to him and was very pleased to meet her, I sensed they had a mutual understanding. He was softly spoken and he showed his gentle and kind manner. Joe Satriani is a true Artist of his music and the guitar,  we could all learn from his mastery of his instrument and his spirit.

Joe Satriani and my Daughter and Me

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Artone 19 – Expanding the Musical Vocabulary

July 12, 2010
Artone 19 – I designed a 19 tone guitar about 15 years ago but never got around to showing what the concept was all about, here is the intro and some details, this is only my first design. This instrument is quite playable and more will be done in the future, eg electric, bass, etc. I created the name Parvatic (Latin “parvum” , small steps) so I could create the new terms and names of harmonic forms this instrument will introduce to our musical vocabulary. Using “p” instead of  “##” or “bb”  simplifies the scalar structures, it denotes the new notes that are now usable,  the old 3rds are now more in tune than the equal temperament 12 tone system the old 7ths are now sounding good, plus you can now play a lot of other types of music that wasn’t available to the 12 tone guitar. This picture is only the preliminary design for the “Artone 19”.
 
Due to the nature of this “Artone 19”, Guitar and its construction, the only real help you will need is the unique fret spacing and frequencies, so I made a file that should help.

FretboardClassic19a2

For a more details you can buy my book “Talking to the Birds“, Regards Arto.

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