I was writing email to Joe, when Windows crashed and killed all aboard. I took this as a portent, and am posting this here so all can listen in. Let us...
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 7:13 am
... no. perhaps my description of heterophony is not good enough. what the various instruments play is similar enough that a listener can tell that they're all...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Aug 1, 2003 7:51 am
... // ... So... 1. What is barbershop? 2. Does heterophonic belong under polyphonic in my tree? -Carl...
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 7:56 am
... upon re-reading my analysis of the Etta James tune, i realized that the MIDI-file no longer exists at that URL. luckily, i suspected that this would one...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Aug 1, 2003 7:59 am
... That s/b "Boomsliter & Creel" and "B&C". -C....
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Paul Erlich
paulerlich
Aug 1, 2003 8:02 am
... theory ... even ... of ... the melodies are structured, though, using these pitches . . . ... was ... Africa may be the ... chord is 'stacked up' ... ...
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Paul Erlich
paulerlich
Aug 1, 2003 8:04 am
... think ... more ... this was central african, if i recall correctly. just one chord....
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 8:25 am
hi Carl, Justin, and Dave, ... thanks for the citation, Dave! i was just about to point it out to Justin and Carl when i read your post. one of these days, i...
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 9:25 am
hi Carl, ... good question. my tendency is to call it homophony, but it's certain a different kind of homophony than the usual...
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francois_laferriere
francois_laf...
Aug 1, 2003 3:08 pm
... yet ... central african Pygmy polyphony, yes. Have a look at http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/pygmies.html If this is correct, pygmy polyphonies rely...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 4:06 pm
The only reason I jumped on this was because heterophony happens to be my favorite style of music-- it's also the style I'd like to pursue in JI for myself....
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 4:10 pm
In the ethno definition, you can't have any harmony that isn't incidental to the melody. Now, if you gave all the barbershop singers the same melody and they...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 4:14 pm
... Barbershop is fauxbourdon (falsobodorno). ... I'd say no, because there's no independence of the parts. -Justin...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 4:26 pm
Where can we *hear* this? -Justin
--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "francois_laferriere" <francois.laferriere@o= ...>...
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Haresh BAKSHI
hbakshi1
Aug 1, 2003 4:27 pm
Hello ALL, will you please check the following entries and correct and/or add where necessary, please? Thanks for your time and help, Haresh. Sa 1/1 Re komal...
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Manuel Op de Coul
kleisma
Aug 1, 2003 4:46 pm
Hello Haresh: List of Indian note names: Hindustanic - Karnatic - shruti name If the Hindustanic and Karnatic names are equal then it's given once. 1/1...
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Danny Wier
dawier
Aug 1, 2003 5:05 pm
I had to leave the list for a while (busy and/or lazy), came back. Has anybody done any work on 665-tone (what I call Armageddon tuning, among other things)?...
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gdsecor
Aug 1, 2003 5:09 pm
... Well, I can't imagine why B-flat might be a favorite key of very many JI composers (unless they were writing only for brass instruments and single-reed...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 5:37 pm
If you're going to go this precise, why not just have millioctave 1200edo? -Justin...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 5:56 pm
... Perfect pitch sure sounds crippling! :) I don't think these instruments were designed with perfect pitch in mind. Actually, it might have been better in...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 6:03 pm
PS- Do you have bucket perfect pitch (all notes classified as nearest 12edo note) or continuous perfect pitch (very fine microtonal processing of tone)? My...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Aug 1, 2003 6:20 pm
... That's how barbershop started. It's a practice now known (in the age of written arrangements) as "woodshedding". -C....
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Aug 1, 2003 6:21 pm
... According to the web, "In hymn singing, a fauxbourdon is a treble descant superimposed upon the melody sung by the congregation." -Carl...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Aug 1, 2003 6:33 pm
... I've done that. It's called transposing on sight. It's quite difficult, though often expected of brass players. ... These days I'd say they are more...
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 6:54 pm
hi Danny, ... welcome back. vacations from the list are a healthy thing ... i do it to from time to time. ... Marc Jones. see: ...
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 7:11 pm
hi again Danny, for comparison, here are the same intervals you listed in 665edo, with their 612edo representations: apotome (sharp/flat) = 57.97935309 limma =...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Aug 1, 2003 7:17 pm
... b-shop, along with evangelical hymns, would seem to be polyphony of some sort. -Carl...
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monz@...
joemonz
Aug 1, 2003 7:26 pm
... i don't have absolute pitch, just very good relative pitch. i used to do the same thing back in high school. i played baritone sax (in Eb) in the school...
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Gene Ward Smith
genewardsmith
Aug 1, 2003 7:26 pm
... 1200edo? -Justin Because in the 3-limit 665 is 395 times more precise?...
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Justin Weaver
improvist6ftman
Aug 1, 2003 7:31 pm
What's the etymology of 'woodshedding'? At any rate, I think fauxbourdon is a good term for the barbershop practice. -Justin...
