I've gotten some people over at midi-contest.com interested in meantone, and I was wondering if anyone sold something which could be used as an easy route into...
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George D. Secor
gdsecor
Apr 1, 2005 9:55 pm
... meantone, ... Gene, what makes you think that a 19-note Halberstat keyboard with split keys would be easy? It certainly wouldn't be easy to play, once you...
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Gene Ward Smith
genewardsmith
Apr 1, 2005 9:56 pm
... meantone, ... Another question along the same lines is whether there is a plugin which will make Sibelius or Finale output pitch bends in some meantone ...
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Danny Wier
dawier
Apr 2, 2005 12:41 pm
... I've been privately corresponding with another list member about just that very topic. He sent me a link, and now I can't find it! It has to do with a ...
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Danny Wier
dawier
Apr 2, 2005 1:16 pm
I swear I have never heard this album before. This is an old-school hardcore art-rock band I need to get into a lot more. Robert Fripp's name also came up in a...
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Rich Holmes
rsholmes
Apr 2, 2005 2:12 pm
... The first track on Larks' Tongues In Aspic is the 13:36 "Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part I", and it begins with what sounds to me like a kalimba solo. Which...
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Dave Seidel
davidseidel
Apr 2, 2005 2:51 pm
I don't believe there's any synth at all on that record (the only electronics they used in that era were Mellotrons with standard 12-EDO tuning). There are...
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Danny Wier
dawier
Apr 2, 2005 3:23 pm
... That's it - I was going to say marimba instead of kalimba. I have to check on that, but I think it was synth and not a real thumb piano. ~Danny~...
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David Beardsley
harmonics711...
Apr 2, 2005 4:06 pm
... Synths just didn't sound THAT good back then! -- * David Beardsley * microtonal guitar * http://biink.com/db...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Apr 2, 2005 10:57 pm
Don't know if I found this here, but this is a good page... http://home.austin.rr.com/jmjensen/VirtualPitch.html -C....
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jjensen142000
Apr 2, 2005 11:18 pm
... Thanks, Carl I announced it here I guess a couple weeks ago. I know Graham Breed would be interested also, but he seems to have shut down his microtonal...
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Joseph Pehrson
jpehrson2
Apr 3, 2005 3:46 am
Well, I just got back from the production in Montclair New Jersey on the chartered bus during a pretty much driving rain through most of the evening. The...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Apr 3, 2005 4:22 am
... Sounds like an abomination. Does anybody know what the heck this is all about? -Carl...
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Graham Breed
x31eq
Apr 3, 2005 5:34 am
... Yes, looks good! I was offline a couple of weeks ago, and must have missed it in the backlog. And I notice there's source code, so it could potentially...
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jjensen142000
Apr 3, 2005 6:19 am
... have ... could ... acoustic root ... and ... well ... octaves. If ... equivalent. ... is the ... Hi Graham Nice to hear from you! I should have fired you...
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David Beardsley
harmonics711...
Apr 3, 2005 7:27 am
... Wow. Thanks for the review JP! When they staged it in NYC in '97, the instruments were set up in a half circle and the actors performed in front. I wonder...
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Jon Szanto
jonszanto
Apr 3, 2005 8:31 am
... Based on one description. ... Yes. Cheers, Jon...
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Jon Szanto
jonszanto
Apr 3, 2005 8:35 am
... For the record, I am fairly certain the footage was Vienna, and there is a tie-in to the city of Sigmund Freud. But you'd have to see the staging to see...
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Joseph Pehrson
jpehrson2
Apr 3, 2005 3:29 pm
... ***I think "abomination" might be a bit strong. Musically, it all seemed on the highest level, and Jon has pointed out some marvellous connections between...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Apr 3, 2005 4:39 pm
... And isn't putting the orchestra in a pit mistake number One? -Carl...
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Afmmjr@...
Apr 3, 2005 4:50 pm
In a message dated 4/3/2005 12:40:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, ekin@... writes: And isn't putting the orchestra in a pit mistake number One? -Carl As I...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Apr 3, 2005 5:22 pm
... Ditto. -Carl...
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Joseph Pehrson
jpehrson2
Apr 3, 2005 5:27 pm
... ***Well, Carl, I *personally* thought so, and even though I was in the very front of the auditorium and almost within arms length of the diamond marimba...
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Jon Szanto
jonszanto
Apr 3, 2005 5:59 pm
Carl, ... Information isn't being reported correctly. The about 75% of the instruments were in front of the stage proper, *on* what would be the pit elevator...
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David Beardsley
harmonics711...
Apr 3, 2005 6:10 pm
... Nah. Our audience seems to have been scared off by the water. Hopefully we'll have a better showing today. -- * David Beardsley * microtonal guitar *...
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Maximiliano G. Mirand...
giordanobruno76
Apr 3, 2005 6:25 pm
Hi! In a way, there's much of microtonal work in modern rock bands (string bending, fretless instruments. ... Tongues ... kalimba ... check ... I love much of...
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Joseph Pehrson
jpehrson2
Apr 3, 2005 6:55 pm
My impression is that, although the instruments were in full view, if you weren't in the front rows, you wouldn't see them very well. They were definitely...
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Joseph Pehrson
jpehrson2
Apr 3, 2005 7:05 pm
Oh...gee... I guess I should hasten to add that I had a thoroughly wonderful time at the Partch performance and Jon Szanto's recommendation for people to ...
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Joseph Pehrson
jpehrson2
Apr 3, 2005 7:21 pm
Article in NewMusicBox this month on microtonality, which is good news: http://www.newmusicbox.org/news.nmbx?id=00476 JP...
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David Beardsley
harmonics711...
Apr 3, 2005 7:26 pm
... That's not Fripp, that's Belew playing slide guitar. -- * David Beardsley * microtonal guitar * http://biink.com/db...
