Dear Andreas, Thank you for these enlightning examples. I am discovering these harmonic versions of Werckmeister temperaments with deep resonance. As our...
Mike, I think that Fourier Analysis is one of the most elegant and beautiful theories in all of mathematics. Sure I would love to find something that's even...
... Salut Jacques, unfortunately Werckmeister tells us only, that he demands and insists in rational numbers for all his tunings, but without giving the...
... *Clearly*, you were not a philosophy major ;->. Let's break my two statements down to basic predicate logic premises. Statement 1: It is possible to make...
Igs, Even retuning a keyboard requires a degree of understanding of microtonal theory. I don't think you can escape that fact. The only way you could get past...
... At music school, there were the people who love theory and think it's a great tool to learn more about the music they're playing, and then there were the...
Dear Margo, Please forgive me for not having found the state of mind in order to reply to your series of deeply informative and knowledged messages, for I felt...
Well, it is a pity that there are is no zurna, sipsi, duduk, balaban, let alone qanun, tanbur, cumbush, kemencha, rabab, tulum, and Turkish cantillations...
A true Persian Chargah gamut opening, I think. There is at least one more maqam flavour in there, Ushshaq I suppose. Sounds chiptuney, then bluesey, and nice...
The samples of some (all?) of these instruments are there =- they do not work correctly in Sonar though. Chris ... The samples of some (all?) of these...
No they are not. Instead of the zurna, you have the Indian shenai. Don't confuse the Indian tambura with the Turkish tanbur, the first is a drone instrument...
... Or to give them fretless instruments, or sing in a barbershop quartet, or play in a gamelan ensemble, or have them play a saz, or a musical saw, a glass...
Perhaps someone can be convinced to put out a Turkish instrument package? Some people are putting out free konakt compatible sample packages like this ...
Great Once you get pop musicians in the West to ditch their instruments in 12 equal for a capella barber shop quartets or gamelan ensembles instead of guitars...
Chris>"Even retuning a keyboard requires a degree of understanding of microtonal theory. I don't think you can escape that fact." Doubt it...all you need to...
MikeB>"The main argument that the "I hate theory" folks usually had was that the theory being taught was often irrelevant and based in somewhat arbitrary...
MikeB>"The main argument that the "I hate theory" folks usually had was that the theory being taught was often irrelevant and based in somewhat arbitrary...
Chris>"And while you are at it please find me a guitarist who doesn't, at the very least, learn "shapes" for finger placement on the fret board. Or keyboardist...
My latest development in the "Infinity" scale series. An irrational-generator-based MOS tuning using the intervals of Small = 1.0958 (about 80/73) Large =...
Me>"D) Every single 5th except one in the scale is within about 7 cents of perfect." Correction...there are two non-perfect 5ths in the scale of almost exactly...
... You've discovered Mohajira[7], the 7-note MOS of mohajira. Your generator is 11/9 near as makes no matter, and you are essentially in 38edo. You might want...
Michael, that's a trivial definition of the term "microtonal". By your measure, the pianos in the practice rooms at our school are tuned microtonally. They...
... That would be a real contribition, Dr Oz. I was looking for your thesis on my computer and can't find it. All I really need are tunings for the principle...
Hello from a Noob! Im trying to find my way around scala and the scale (scl) directory has 3778 entries!! My piano has the following 7: 1. ET 2. Kirnberger 3....
... If you know the exact numbers you want in cents and can put them into Scala file format, you could find these yourself by using Scala's compare scales...
... Rick, By "absolute frequency" I only meant that the frequencies themselves be taken into consideration, not just the ratio. e.g. in your formula, the VF of...
