...earth tones...

In English, earth tones usually refer to 'natural' colours associated with the earth but there are also earth tones which are sounded. "¦earth tones"¦ for toy piano, composed for Antonietta Loffredo, Italian toy pianist and pianist, draws on sounds imagined and heard - from Deleuze and Guattari's description of Bateson's use of the word 'plateau' as 'a continuous vibrating region of intensities"¦' which adopts aspects of the style of Bach's slow movement melodic line and accompanying bass; patterns of water movement - rain and river; to bells of Mostar, Prague and King's Lynn Minster's 11.30 chime heard on visits. The piece, written for a Schoenhut Traditional Spinet with 25 keys - 2 octaves C to C, explores the sonorities and dynamic intensities of the toy piano and Loffredo's sensitive and evocative playing style.