Michael Kurth: Four Perptudities (etudes) for double bass

About the Perptudities What's a perta...perperp...purpletuple...portapotty...perpapootery? Good question. Yes, I made up the word. Yes, it sounds kind of stupid. A perpetudity is an etude with a beginning but no ending. An etude- in-perpetuity. It just keeps modulating through all twelve keys before circling back and eating its own tail. So, if a perpetudity is really perpetual, why offer four of them in the same volume? What if I become trapped in a temporal vortex? Another good question. My only response is: I have learned many arcane secrets from multi-dimensional creatures from distant worlds who have mastered the processes of both time travel and bass playing, and they assure me that enough alternate realities exist to accommodate (at least) four perpetual etudes if played with proper focus and care. They do recommend the assistance of a non-playing spotter, someone who might alert the appropriate authorities in case of temporal emergency. (Temporal emergency number: ∛9*1∑ƒ77⊅. Wh