Hello, I am new to this list. As an amateur Harpsichord player, I am interested in historical temperaments. Since retuning my instrument takes me about 45...
Thanks very much. I couldn't get to your link as typed in your message.. Here it is pasted again. http://www.geocities.com/jeroendonkers/JMTOrgan/ Cheers, ...
Robin, You are right, I mistyped the url, thank you for noticing. The link you pasted is indeed correct: http://www.geocities.com/jeroendonkers/JMTOrgan/ ...
I liked a lot, Shaahin! I really am getting a sense of your style. your 'signature' is unmistakable--I always feel like I am in a Middle-Eastern carnival ...
I just posted something on the "other" list on this topic. "Stuck in a rut??" Possibly... or maybe the scale is just working for me and I need a lifetime to...
... I think sticking to a scale is good approach -- you can get deeper into it. On the other hand, trying lots and lots of scales is good too. But there's an...
Joe and Carl, {you wrote...} ... I think you are right, and I think Joe has chosen a very wise way of working, *especially* for him. ... I don't think that is...
... I mostly stick with the same intervals I've been using for years, unless I'm looking for some specific effect. -- * David Beardsley * microtonal guitar *...
Carl, {you wrote...} ... Yes, but how did he become that master? I think a lot of it had to do with his deciding on a tuning system that met his compositional...
... I'm going to have to disagree with this. The notion that Partch had early-on decided on a 43-tone scale and that all his instruments were tuned to it...
Hi Jon, Carl, and David, Allow me to suggest otherwise. I wrote about mixing tunings and exploring ever new tunings in an article on polymicrotonality on the...
I want to thank everyone for the commentary concerning the use of single and/or multiple scales/tunings for composition. I found all the comments valuable....
Carl, You aren't entirely accurate. {you wrote...} ... No it is not, and a good reading of his lifespan from the 1920's to the 1970's will bear this out. I...
it seems the limits each of Partch's instruments was a matter of what was available or practical to him. When he could he would tune and use as much as...
... What you're saying goes against Partch's own vehement statements on the subject. ... Most Partch instruments had pitches outside the diamond. They played...
Carl, {you wrote...} ... I'd be interested in his "vehement statements" (noting the plural) where he discusses the many tuning systems he employed over the...
... The strings of the Canons were often tuned to non-diamond pitches, as was the Adapted Guitar, Adapted Viola, Chomolodeons, and the list goes on. ... You...
... the 43 tone scale is based on a 41 tone constant structure with 2 added tones. He filled in the gaps left by the harmonic construction with tones that ...
Carl, It really is too bad that you have to turn things so personal, so I won't belabor any of this, I really don't have the heart for it today. I should have...
Hey all, It occured to me to try to 'retune' a softsynth tuning-table, one that hadn't been designed for microtonality. In this case, it was 'whysynth', a...
Many of Partch's instruments with fixed pitches had tones outside of the diamond, and the instruments with more flexible pitch often went beyond the diamond...
The appeal of Erv Wilson's Eikosany was i n in the fact that it offered me an opportunity to work in a non tonal environment while still using simple...
Daniel, {you wrote...} ... As I mentioned in an earlier reply, using the term "diamond" was an unfortunate token choice on my part, but meant to reply to his...
Harmonic Series Question - Calc Formula? Hi, I'm trying to understand a weird sort ot math, music related problem. Wondering if anyone out there may be able...
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