Askew, But Not Amiss (slightly off-center but not wrong) for solo alto saxophone is a set of eight variations and a coda based on the work’s initial four phrases. The first phrase is a rapidly-executed arpeggio in ascending thirds that spans the entire range of the instrument, from the lowest note to the first note of the altissimo register. The second phrase is lyrical and utilizes longer note values. The third phrase incorporates anguished lyricism in longer notes values and introduces quarter-tones. The fourth phrase is rapidly-executed staccato music based upon the first phrase. The first variation is based upon some aspect of the first phrase. Each succeeding variation is based upon some aspect of the next succeeding phrase; the fifth variation is again based upon the first phrase. The sixth variation juxtaposes music from the first, second and third phrases. The piece ends with a rapid flurry of notes. Hovering over, and appearing from time to time throughout, the work, is a set of pitches derived from the title and the name of the instrument: to wit, concert A, Ab, Eb, E and Bb. Quarter-tones, multiphonics and exceedingly-rapid playing form an intrinsic part of the musical text.