source file: mills3.txt Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 14:43:14 +0200 Subject: Re: theories From: DMB5561719@aol.com In a message dated 97-07-29 03:46:30 EDT, "Aline Surman" writes: > You know, I've realized something because of a recent post I saw on > this forum. Somebody said that what's wrong with theorizing about > tunings; it's harming no one, so why can't they just do it and have folks > (like me) quit complaining...good question. So, I've now seen that one of > my problems with reading those posts is simply that I do NOT understand a > lot of the basic terms and how they're applied to music. I hear about, > and have done some reading about, tonality diamonds, stellated hexany's > and all, but I need to know what they are before I can feel like a > participant in those sorts of discussions. Yes, I am a player first, but > theory is vital to help folks keep inquiring and pushing forward. Some of > you folks are way out there with this stuff, and that's a compliment...I > would like to know more what's being discussed at times. Perhaps some of > you guys can talk about some of the basic concepts of advanced theory and > help bridge the gap that sometimes exists between the theorists and the > street folks like me. Of course, the math is a different story because > it's a whole language of concepts and symbols; I just do not have the > time to get real heavy into it, and I know many others who feel the same > way...still, I believe the basic idea of math, which seems to be > explaining the Universe in terms of various numerical balances of sorts, > is not so hard to see. I have the greatest respect for the amazing minds > I've encountered on this forum...I cannot always keep up on the theory > end, but I'd like to know more of what you're talking about...Hstick Try the Just Intonation Primer by David Doty (Where's that May 1/1, DD?) and Genesis of a Music by Harry Partch. I maybe wrong but I think Harry's the guy behind the tonality diamond. * . * . . D a v i d B e a r d s l e y .. dmb5561719@aol.com * * .. * ... .* .... *...... . * I M M P & B i i n k! m u s i c * . . * . .. * .. .. * . . J u x t a p o s i t i o n Ezine * * . .. .*.. . .*.. . .. . . .*. . . . . .. http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lookhere.htm * . . . . .. .*.. . .. . ..*. . .. . *. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: gagaku@cats.ucsc.edu Subject: Re:Ernest McClain PostedDate: 30-07-97 00:59:03 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 30-07-97 00:59:14-30-07-97 00:59:15,30-07-97 00:58:02-30-07-97 00:58:03 DeliveredDate: 30-07-97 00:58:03 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) with SMTP id C12564E3.007E41A0; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:59:03 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA24499; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:59:03 +0200 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:59:03 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA25135 Received: (qmail 8315 invoked from network); 29 Jul 1997 22:58:15 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Jul 1997 22:58:15 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu