source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 08:42:10 -0700 Subject: just vocal music From: John Starrett You may enjoy listening to a set of collections of the winners of the yearly competition of the Society for the Preservatiojn of Barbershop Singing in America called "The Old Mill Stream". A new one is available each year and they may be had at more complete record stores. I have several, and some of the groups cultivate a vibratoless style that emphasizes beatless 6th 7th and 9th chords. The material is corny, but when they are "on a blend" the effect can be breathtaking. On a slightly different note, does anyone know how train horns are tuned? My office is near the tracks, and I frequently hear beatless chords from these train horns. Is there a little old German man in a shed with an oscilloscope, or what? John Starrett Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 17:50 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id IAA20005; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 08:50:33 -0700 Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 08:50:33 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu