source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 15:20:20 -0800 Subject: Wilson scale in "Jewel" From: Manuel.Op.de.Coul@ezh.nl (Manuel Op de Coul) Erv Wilson has kindly sent me a letter with the actual tones of the Eikosany vibraphone that was used by Michael Stearns in "Jewel", which is on a recent CD reissue "Collected Ambient & Textural Works 1977-1987", Hearts of Space, 1996. 11068-2 The instrument has 22 instead of 20 tones per octave and has 53 keys (C-f'). The Eikosany is 1 3 7 9 11 15 (3 out of 6), tonic 1.9.11. The extra degrees are 9/8 and 140/99 (equal tritone). It is currently in the posession of Kraig Grady. 1/1 45/44 35/33 12/11 9/8 7/6 105/88 5/4 14/11 4/3 15/11 140/99 35/24 3/2 14/9 35/22 5/3 56/33 7/4 20/11 15/8 21/11 2/1 See Wilson: D'Alessandro Like a Hurricane, Xenharmonikon vol. 12, 1989. Manuel Op de Coul coul@ezh.nl Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 04:38 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05671; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 04:41:42 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA05666 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id TAA26633; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:41:36 -0800 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:41:36 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu