posted September 14, 2009 09:19 PM         

then around the 4:22 goes to a tribal space thang.

Transitioning into a gypsy or even middle eastern flavor.

abruptly ending at 8:22

posted September 15, 2009 10:01 AM         

Ditto

Thanks for the explanation, an improv or Jazz like approach does not necessitate thinking about it, but feeling it.

And as you know I am a huge Ozric Tentacles fan, and the flavors were well received here.

My Mars is in Gemini, tho in an air deficient chart

posted September 15, 2009 11:26 AM         

I am doing it a disservice by having a flintstone string...that is soon to change.

posted September 22, 2009 08:08 AM         

Never heard of a *Celesta* before,

now I have a name for one of my favorite sounds from childhood.
A live performance of The Nutcracker Suite w/ the celesta used in Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy. (=^_^=)

*The sound of the celesta is akin to that of the glockenspiel, but with a much softer and more subtle timbre. This quality gave rise to the instrument's name, celeste meaning "heavenly" in French.

And this-..
Use in other musical genres
[edit] Jazz
Since its adoption by Earl Hines in 1928, the celesta has been used occasionally by jazz pianists as an alternative instrument. Fats Waller in the 1930s sometimes played the celesta with his right hand and the piano simultaneously with his left hand. Other notable jazz pianists who occasionally played the celesta include Meade "Lux" Lewis, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Sun Ra, and Herbie Hancock. A celesta provides the introduction to a song Louis Armstrong recorded for RCA entitled "Someday You'll Be Sorry", and is featured prominently throughout the song

Now I will listen to my Ra, Monk, Peterson, Armstrong, Duke with new ears. I wont go looking for where it was used (although w/ Louis I already have the location ^^. I will let the Aha moment surprise me.