source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 13:24:31 -0700 Subject: Story of Harmony From: "Anne L. Coulombe" Just reread a great new book called "The Story of Harmony" by Rex Weyler and Bill Gannon. The Neanderthal flute just happens to be in the 2nd Chapter just after describing the 1706 "tuning showdown in Jena, Germany" (two sets of church organs pipes, two renowned choir masters, two musical paradigm clashed on that day...). The rest of the book covers Pythagoras to today's new composer/musicians. Their web site has a good description of their current software and upcoming synth solution to real-time pure harmony, although the book goes much more into depth regarding the evolution of harmony over the years. You might wish to check them out at http://www.justonic.com or even send Rex an e-mail at rexw@justonic.com I've heard some of the classics as well as some new work played using the Justonic Pitch Palette system and the harmonies are pure. I did find that "The Story of Harmony" really openned my eyes to what I knew I was hearing, it definately renewed my preference in a harmonic tuning method. AnneC -- Anne L. Coulombe acoulombe@sciplan.com SciPlan Consulting Tel: 604-421-8079 fax: 604-421-4466 http://www.sciplan.com Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 16:37 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA00972; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 16:36:57 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA00970 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id HAA03462; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 07:34:38 -0700 Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 07:34:38 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu