source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 17:22:59 -0700 Subject: Re: Is there a Mr. Doty here? From: alves@orion.ac.hmc.edu (Bill Alves) >" There must be a book out by a Mr. Doty called something like "Just >Intonation Primer". Do you know the exact title of the book and the full name >of the author, plus eventually the publisher and the year it was published." Doty, David. The Just Intonation Primer. San Francisco: The Just Intonation Network, 1993. http://www.dnai.com:80/~jinetwk/ Here's what the web site says about it: Do you want to start making music in Just Intonation, but don't know where to begin? Or do you just want to find out what all the talk is about? The Just Intonation Primer will give you the information you need, in a succinct and readable form. With 78 pages of text and over 50 charts and diagrams, The Just Intonation Primer explains the essential concepts of Just Intonation in terms that practicing composers and musicians will understand. Praise for The Just Intonation Primer: I highly recommend this book as a textbook for theory classes and as an introduction to more detailed and idiosyncratic works on JI... Independent composers frustrated by the limits of 12 [tone equal temperament] should read this book... John H. Chalmers, Jr. -- Xenharmonikôn David Doty is the appropriate person to create such a work... he has the requisite subject matter expertise in generous measure, and he has been in a position to know what students of the subject want and need. The book that results is a concise, practical, informative, and very affordable text. Bart Hopkin -- Experimental Musical Instruments ...Doty has emerged as one of the preeminent contemporary theorists of JI, showing himself to be a gifted expositor as well as a careful and imaginative thinker. Hence the Primer is likely to become the main text and reference for American composers interested in the resources of JI. Dudley Duncan -- Ars Musica Denver Unlike many previous texts dealing with tuning theory and its applications, The Just Intonation Primer is intended for readers with an elementary knowledge of common-practice music theory and no training in higher mathematics. Its object is to prepare the reader to begin practical work in Just Intonation and to understand more advanced texts and articles. Previously, the few books available on Just Intonation have been difficult to obtain and more difficult to understand. The primer will make it easy for any interested musician to understand the fundamentals of Just Intonation and begin making real music. Among the principal topics addressed in the primer are: What is Just Intonation? A brief history of tuning in Western music Acoustic and psychoacoustic background Basic definitions, conventions, and procedures Intervals, chords, fixed scales, and extended tonal space Practical Just Intonation with real instruments About the Author: David B. Doty is a composer, author, instrument builder, and synthesist, and a leading authority on Just Intonation. He is a founding member of the Just Intonation Network and has edited the network's journal, 1/1, since its inception in 1984. He has worked exclusively in Just Intonation since 1975, composing primarily for American Gamelan and MIDI systems. To Order The Just Intonation Primer The Just Intonation Primer is available exclusively from the Just Intonation Network. The primer is offered free with a new membership in the network (Individuals: $17.50 U.S./$20.00 Canada and Mexico/$25.00 elsewhere; institutional $30.00). New members please include postage and handling (sse below). Membership also includes four issues of the network's journal, 1/1, and discounts on books and recordings from The Just Intonation Store. The primer is priced at $8.00 for current Just Intonation Network members and $10.00 for the general public, plus postage and handling (U.S.: $1.50./Canada and Mexico: $3.50/All others: $5.00) Make Checks Payable to: The Just Intonation Network 535 Stevenson Street San Francisco, CA 94013 For orders from outside the U.S., please send a check or money order in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Sorry, no credit card orders or orders via the web (yet). Bill ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ ^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ ^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ ^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)607-7600 (fax) ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 5 May 1997 02:44 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA04611; Mon, 5 May 1997 02:44:54 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA04582 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id RAA13366; Sun, 4 May 1997 17:42:20 -0700 Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 17:42:20 -0700 Message-Id: <199705050040.RAA04160@sunatg3> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu