source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 21:05:28 -0700 Subject: Re: Johnston's notation defended From: Johnny Reinhard An example of Ben Johnston's "conflicting directions" in his notation would be an "F" with a combination of symbols in front of it: one symbol might be to substract 70 cents, another to add 22 cents...and there could even be a third. Unfortunately, I cannot send the "actual" notation by e-mail. Suffice it to say that muddling over how to calibrate a pitch through a succession of mathematical processes is unneccessary. Cents makes sense. 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; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:17 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05721; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 16:27:00 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA05827 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA00823; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 07:26:58 -0700 Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 07:26:58 -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