source file: mills3.txt Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 00:10:15 +0200 Subject: Microstock 3 and various From: Aline Surman On October 25, we'll be doing our annual Microstock gig, this year at Swallow Hill Music Hall, 1905 S. Pearl, in Denver. John Schneider is featured guest, performing on his just intoned guitars with interchangeable fretboards, and his Vogt guitar with moveable frets. I've been told there will be a Partch premiere this year. Also, the Haverstick band, with Ernie Crews on percussion and John Starrett on bass, will do a set of music in 19 and 34 tone equal temps. Schneider will also give a master class at Denver University, and Starrett and Richard Krantz will do a talk on math and tunings at Metro State college. Please email me, or call 303-477-3268 if you need info. By the way, the whole concert is acoustic instruments...thanks to Larry Hanson for the 34 tone guitar and bass. On another note, Paul E's comments about 19 and 22 are fascinating...as a matter of fact, Paul, I do often use the #6 in my 19 tone blues, as well as the #2...gives the form a nice twist. I would love to have a 22 tone axe to mess with...anybody got an extra they could part with? As for 34, it is a very deep and profound tuning, and little explored. The 3rds are only 2 cents off, the 5th is about 4cents sharp, and almost all of the intervals are no more than 3 or 4 cents off of perfect ratios. This gives 34 a very strong, though relaxed, sound that resonates very well. It has 2 cycles of 5ths, and a cycle of major (and minor) 3rds that only resolves after going through 34 different notes...this is a feature which I plan to explore soon in compositions, and I am sure it will lead to some most unusual possibilities. As always, each tuning has it's strengths and weaknesses, and the end result of tuning theory is, hopefully, great music. The potential of a tuning system is only as good as the artist working with it, and the logic of the interval structure must be brought to life by a creative force...the tools must be used in masterful ways. One more thing...Pat Metheny's new album, "Imaginary Days," features him on fretless guitar in several places. I only heard it once, and what I heard was great...now, is he just winging it by ear, or has he decided to get into non 12 systems? I don't yet know, but I thought it was some of the best playing I've yet heard of his...Hstick SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: DrewLesso@aol.com Subject: more loose thoughts PostedDate: 18-10-97 07:07:10 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $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: 18-10-97 07:06:23-18-10-97 07:06:24,18-10-97 06:07:06-18-10-97 06:07:07 DeliveredDate: 18-10-97 06:07:07 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C1256534.001C0B8A; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 07:06:19 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA20056; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 07:07:10 +0200 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 07:07:10 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA20274 Received: (qmail 21225 invoked from network); 17 Oct 1997 22:07:06 -0700 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 17 Oct 1997 22:07:06 -0700 Message-Id: <971018010129_302845703@emout03.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu