Mini-Studies on my Surnamefor piano solo[2:07]Indexing our alphabet numerically in mod 12 and flagging the letters 'A-R-M-S-T-R-O-N-G' against this index, one sees each 3rd character as redundant and the unique members reduced to six:
A R S T O N0 5 6 7 2 1with corresponding intervals
5 1 1 -5 -1 .This interval series, however, when expanded by a factor of 5 and slightly transposed, yields exactly the member indices just omitted:
10 11 4 9 8 3 .Combining then the two series (with index 0 assigned to D#) as follows
D# G# A Bb F E C# D G C B F# ,I have fashioned this movement briefly addressing several favorite pianistic concerns, and named its three sections accordingly:For Memory
For Legato
For Mirroring