source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 18:22:44 -0800 Subject: RE: more Bach From: Gary Morrison <71670.2576@compuserve.com> > few composers today can say that they have mastered > any non-12 tunings. (If you have, congratulations!) There's so much to be > learned about it; entire worlds of possibilities exist. Yes, I certainly agree. Also, the more unusual the tuning the less you can draw from centuries of exploration in traditional tunings, and the more you have to make up for yourself. As I've opined a couple of times before, we xenharmonic composers have to be super(wo)men. We have to derive the equivalent of centuries of theory, and then write music that is enjoyable even if it weren't xenharmonic. And we often also have to perform our own music too because nobody else can play our weird tunings. It's just simply a tough job, no matter how you slice it. But there's certainly no point in giving up, because I've found it to be a fun and rewarding task, despite the difficulty! And we've seen some really exciting success stories in recent times. Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 16:35 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id GAA13850; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 06:35:46 -0800 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 06:35:46 -0800 Message-Id: <199512041539.KAA02370@cerberus.Ensoniq.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu