The recent discussions about 5/4, 81/64 and 9/7 got me to wondering about the limits of what can be heard as a major third. Indeed, the question is not whether...
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Dave Keenan
d.keenan@...
Mar 1, 1999 10:58 am
... I guess the question is: Was Carl the first to describe this scale as being that comma-free 12-of-7-limit-just scale that has the greatest harmonic...
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Gary Morrison
mr88cet@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 7:28 am
I think that Neil's conclusion that tuning is "only one component of the overall concept" is very true. There are many other factors that influence how...
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Gary Morrison
mr88cet@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 7:55 am
... The concept behind an odd limit is that octaves give a sense of duplication, meaning that our ears can reduce one or more octaves from an interval and get...
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jinetwk@xxxx.xxxxxxxx...
jinetwk@xxxx.xxxxxxxx...
Mar 1, 1999 3:03 pm
Lou and Bill's original American Gamelan ("Old Grandad") was always in 5-limit JI. I played on it in 1975 and learned the tuning technique from Bill, who was...
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David Beardsley
xouoxno@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 3:04 pm
... Composition #7 1960. The piece calls for a B & F# "to be played for a long time". -- * D a v i d B e a r d s l e y *...
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John deLaubenfels <10...
102074.2214@xxxxxxxxx...
Mar 1, 1999 3:07 pm
To: internet:tuning@onelist.com Date: 03-01-99 I have just joined the list, but have been doing real-time JI tuning with a NeXT computer and Korg M-1...
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Patrick Pagano
ppagano@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 3:27 pm
Dear Mr. Monzo I would Gladly discuss w/you this concept of "new" music. Is Hendrix just a demarcation line of the new? I felt that the Yardbirds explored...
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Patrick Pagano
ppagano@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 3:37 pm
We are moving back to that territory of "SUCKS" again Just what truly can be called a musical composition? I think that the Butterfly being released is...
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Paul Hahn
Paul-Hahn@xxxxxxx.xxx...
Mar 1, 1999 3:40 pm
... I agree about the augmented triads, but (being a 31-toner) I kind of like the way full diminished 7ths come out in 31TET, with the "augmented second" going...
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Paul Hahn
Paul-Hahn@xxxxxxx.xxx...
Mar 1, 1999 3:49 pm
... Try the list archives from last August. --pH <manynote@...> http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote O /\ "Well, so far, every time I break...
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manuel.op.de.coul@xxx...
Mar 1, 1999 4:40 pm
Dave Keenan wrote 18 Feb ... This book should not be difficult to buy. Or you can search another text about continued fractions. Khinchin, A. Ya. (Aleksandr...
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Daniel Wolf
DJWOLF_MATERIAL@xxxxx...
Mar 1, 1999 6:30 pm
Gary Morrison's dissimilarities are thought-provoking. Perhaps someone with a better physics background could respond. ... But within that single octave, how...
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Daniel Wolf
DJWOLF_MATERIAL@xxxxx...
Mar 1, 1999 6:30 pm
Message text written by INTERNET:tuning@onelist.com ... I found it interesting that although both Fokker and I based our idea on 3 main concepts (bridging or...
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Alex J Van Wey
kalishiva24@xxxxxxx.x...
Mar 1, 1999 8:14 pm
I'd like to offer up the inverse of a shameless plug - instead of saying, "here's my CD to buy," I'm saying, "Hey! Does anyone out there have a good CD of non...
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bram
bram@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 9:40 pm
... No. -Bram...
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Darren Burgess
dburgess@xxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 1, 1999 11:35 pm
... That is an interesting idea -- devising the tuning based on the available partials of an inharmonic bar. My approach has been to find a way to tune the...
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Dave Keenan
d.keenan@xx.xxx.xxx
Mar 2, 1999 1:04 am
In the light of the concurrent Fokker thread (Thanks Paul Erlich and Joe Monzo) it seems likely that Adriaan Fokker (sort of) beat us to it by about 60 years....
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Kraig Grady
kraiggrady@xxxxxxxxx....
Mar 2, 1999 1:44 am
... Of course Its music. Even if you think it sucks. I've heard things done with tones and are as removed from the main field of what is considered music. Let...
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Paul H. Erlich
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Mar 2, 1999 2:56 am
... awfully ... have ... Remind me -- what is the technique you described, and what are the scales in question? I recently mentioned the idea of three...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 3:20 am
Paul Hahn wrote, ... Paul H., I know we've argued this before, but let me now ask: since the secondary and tertiary ratios result from progressions, and not...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 3:43 am
Dante wrote, ... Not quite -- it is a septimal comma (27.3 cents) flat of a 9/7 but only a syntonic comma (21.5 cents) sharp of a 5/4. ... Sure -- how about a...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 4:02 am
Dante Rosati wrote, ... not ... Daniel Wolf wrote, ... wave ... This is a common fallacy. The resonator can do nothing but selectively amplify partials already...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 4:07 am
Pater Mulkers wrote, ... very ... evolve. ... harmony.. ... fixed ... I would agree with that, with the caveat that we often need an instrument to create the...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 4:12 am
... to ... pitches; ... muddled thinking. ... should ... http://www.harmonics.com/lucy/lsd/meanet.html ... (L-s) A# ... Excuse me, I was not using your...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 4:21 am
Carl, I just meant I didn't think that {whatever characteristics of the ear and brain make us latch on to simple integer ratios} will be selected for to such...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 4:42 am
... harmony, ... take a ... prefer ... pelog ... similar ... 11/10, ... that ... of a ... slendro ... I totally agree! Look at Arabic scales, like 3 3 4 4 3 3...
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Ed & Alita Morrison
essaim@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 2, 1999 4:51 am
Gary - Brilliant! I wonder why your No. 2 is true? Does this have to do with the wave form of electromagnetic energy? I've seen the pictures of the complex ...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 4:51 am
... skepticism ... matter) ... Once again, I believe that Setheres _does_ account for _some_ of what falls under "consonance/dissonance". Many have been struck...
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Paul H. Erlich
PErlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 5:54 am
Joe Monzo wrote, ... I think in the context of Fokker's article, the inclusion of Yasser is rather inappropriate. The good approximations of 3:1 and 5:1 were...
