source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:08:32 +0200 Subject: Re: Tibetan Tuning (Paul E) From: Manuel.Op.de.Coul@ezh.nl (Manuel Op de Coul) From: PErlich >I've been a lurker for quite some time on this list, and am somewhat >puzzled by this reference to a Tibetan tuning utilizing 12 notes. I've >previously worked with Tibetan folk musicians, and their >compositions/folksongs are most definitely pentatonic. Pay attention folks! From TD 1091: >Actually, the tuning for Near By Life was classic just on the >Kurzweil. Though the program was mistaken, calling it "Tibetan preset >tuning," the actual intervals in cents are: >C C# -29 D +4 D# +16 E -14 F -2 F# -10 G +2 G# +14 >A -16 A# +18 B -12 >Mayumi Reinhard So enough about "Tibetan Tuning," okay? (unless you really want to talk about music from Tibet . . .) Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:22 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA02483; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:22:34 +0200 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:22:34 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA02481 Received: (qmail 1993 invoked from network); 6 Jun 1997 15:10:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 6 Jun 1997 15:10:02 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu