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Re: [MMM] The Aardvarks' Parade

Very interesting piece - and inspiring actually.

Thanks for sharing - and aardvarks are certainly cool.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:44 PM, kylegann1955 <kgann@...> wrote:

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> Hello, friends,
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> A new microtonal piece is up:
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> http://www.kylegann.com/AardvarksParade.mp3
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> It's my Triskaidekaphonia scale, all the ratios in the numbers 1 through
> 13. Somebody told me it's called a Farey series, and that Warren Burt has
> also used it (or one). I wrote about it here:
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> http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2009/07/a_procession_of_earth_pigs.html
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> Hope you enjoy it.
>
> Yours,
>
> Kyle
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it should have said!!!! well the chart is Erv's not mine and to mapping the territory is quite different from exploring it as you have done here. /^_,',',',_...
Kraig Grady
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Jul 15, 2009
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Very interesting piece - and inspiring actually. Thanks for sharing - and aardvarks are certainly cool. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Chris Vaisvil
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Jul 15, 2009
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Kyle, ... Hah. You again? Very suave. The stately waddling (swaddling?) of the aardvarks is compelling; in a way, it reminds me a bit of those Harrison pieces,...
Jon Szanto
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Jul 15, 2009
8:11 am

... Ah, what wouldn't I have done to make Harry proud of me. (Well, I can think of a couple of things, I guess.) Cheers, Kyle...
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Jul 15, 2009
5:38 pm

I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially towards the end when you had a nice flirtation with overtones, moving out of just and back over a few minutes. What is the...
Prent Rodgers
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Jul 18, 2009
12:28 am

Hi Prent, Thanks for the comments. Umm, not sure what you mean about moving in and out of just. The instruments are all on Kontakt software, some of them...
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Jul 18, 2009
1:23 am

Kyle, I shouldn't have said "out of just". What I meant specifically was the way you play a set of low integer ratio chords above the fundamental, and then...
Prent Rodgers
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Jul 18, 2009
6:41 pm

It actually raises a long-standing debate / source of confusion on the tuning lists: if I play any chord from a scale where the pitches of the scale are all...
Carl Lumma
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Jul 18, 2009
7:49 pm

The chord would be just. I am not sure 'must' is needed in the question. /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_...
Kraig Grady
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Jul 18, 2009
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It depends how you think words should be used. Historically, "just intonation" referred to scales. If you believe in the continuity of that definition, then...
Carl Lumma
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Jul 18, 2009
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The cultures that use JI are not chord based. The mid-East and India. i have absolutely have no problem hearing these and nor does anyone therein. drone or...
Kraig Grady
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... "Just intonation" is a European term. Evidence that *any* culture uses it in a systematic way is lacking. ... In a typical performance of Indian music, one...
Carl Lumma
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Jul 19, 2009
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you might as well argue that the idea that no one in the world is attempting to keep a beat cause when you measure it we find that very few musicians can do...
Kraig Grady
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Jul 19, 2009
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... I wasn't referring to tuning accuracy issues, if that's what you mean. I was referring to the way almost all rational scales contain chords that do not...
Carl Lumma
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Jul 19, 2009
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you have figured out what i s right beyond any doubt or any chance of falsification. that all the people before you who use JI scales or define them as such ...
Kraig Grady
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Jul 19, 2009
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Kraig, Consider the following pattern: You chime in on some discussion to say 'Erv already did that' and post a link to a PDF. Four times out of five, it's...
Carl Lumma
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Jul 19, 2009
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you are imaging things Carl. I asked you where and who and all you have done is character assassination to cover your lies. make up any past. just because you...
Kraig Grady
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this is pure hallucination on your part having no basis in reality. /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western...
Kraig Grady
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Shall I go back and find the threads for you so you can tally them up? I would be happy to send them to you offlist for your perusal. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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i am unsubscribing from both list. /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: North American Embassy...
Kraig Grady
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This is pure fabrication. where and by who? /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: North American...
Kraig Grady
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http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/index.cfm?domain=Music /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: ...
Kraig Grady
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Hey, I'm just now getting a chance to listen to it now... excellent! I'll have to listen to it in full later tonight when I need to chill out. I'm also fond of...
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