source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 06:48:28 -0800 Subject: Re: TUNING digest 638 From: Paul Rapoport Regarding the question of mood and temperaments, I presume this refers to various assertions that certain tunings tend towards certain kinds of expression. I have not found this to be the case, frankly, and cannot conceive of its truth in most cases. Is there any support for it other than ad hoc statements? Is there a reason why people accept the notion? ========================== ================================= Dr. Paul Rapoport e-mail: rapoport@mcmaster.ca SADM (Music) tel: (+1) 905 529 7070, ext. 2 4217 McMaster University fax: (+1) 905 527 6793 Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 21 Feb 1996 16:08 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA25345; Wed, 21 Feb 1996 07:08:13 -0800 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 07:08:13 -0800 Message-Id: <960221100658_427986845@mail04.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu