"Prelude: Song Of The Gulls"

by Andrew Keeling

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Click here to proceed (requires Flash)

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Also available...

Title	Medium	Price
Prelude: Song Of The Gulls	Electronic download only	Free of charge!
Larks' Tongues In Aspic	CD-ROM*	£12.75 + VAT
In The Wake Of Poseidon	CD-ROM*	£12.75 + VAT

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A full version of "A Musical Guide To King Crimson - Prelude: Song Of The Gulls" by Andrew Keeling is presented here completely free of charge (electronic download only) by way of introduction to this exciting new series.

CD versions of "A Musical Guide to Larks' Tongues In Aspic" and "A Musical Guide to In The Wake Of Poseidon" are now available. These area much larger* works covering the entire albums and feature not-to-be-missed, full study-scores and synthetic performances of LTIA Pt2 and ITWOP

* LTIA is 13,600 words, 15 pics (including some previously unpublished) and more than 80 resolution independent, multi-media, 'musical' illustrations.
*ITWOP is 17,000 words, 11 photographs, 40 musical' illustrations and exclusive extra feartures.

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"I found the content stimulating, provocative, challenging and entertaining. It's extremely well-written, easily followed in terms of its navigation and lay-out and above all else it made me want to hear the album again" - Sid Smith.

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What is it?

It is the first in a series of informative, insightful, interactive, musical guides to the secret mechanics that power the mysterious music of King Crimson. It is generously illustrated with musical notation diagrams that you simply click with your mouse to play using your computer's sound card. Plus there's a full score of "Prelude: Song Of The Gulls" you can play, print out* and keep. Best of all - it's completely free!

This is a scholastic yet accessible work. Andrew Keeling's credentials as composer and academic are impeccable and he will be well-known to King Crimson enthusiasts as DGM recording artist and erstwhile diarist. Keeling's powerful, challenging ideas are given full throat by Mark Graham's interactive, multimedia illustrations.

This guide takes you through all the complexities of the music, stripping away layer after layer to reveal the inner workings of the exquisite machinery of harmony, counterpoint and rhythm that, seemingly so effortlessly, go together to make: "Prelude: Song Of The Gulls".

* Printing disabled in electronic download version

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"This is a 'must-have' for all fans of good music and a definitive work on an icon of Progressive Rock."

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Click here to open the Musical Guide (requires Flash)

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All questions to info@songofthegulls.ukf.net