source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 17:36:50 -0700 Subject: Re: TUNING digest 874 From: Johnny Reinhard Re: ratios as notation It doesn't work unless the player has already translated the values into cents or at the very least, had frequent previous performance. If notation is required, nothing beats cents for clarity and ease. Hearing the interval "sensibly" is surely as important as quick determination of accurate notation intellectually. Johnny Reinhard American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@ios.com Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 03:57 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA32467; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 03:59:50 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA26747 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id SAA23846; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:59:48 -0700 Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:59:48 -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