source file: mills3.txt Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:14:40 +0100 Subject: new standards From: Aline Surman I do find it somewhat distressing when folks see a certain tuning as the new way to go, or the best, or whatever...and I know many of these people are sincere and well meaning. There is no such thing, and the longer I explore tunings, the more I see that a tuning is good for what it's good for...whatever that may be. I like 19, for example, because I can expand on forms such as jazz and blues, and get many more interesting chordal combinations than 12. But, 19 ain't gonna work so hot in one of Reinhard's polymicrotonal string quartets. My personal way of seeing tunings at this point (and don't take this too literally) is that they are (sort of) modes of the harmonic series, just as dorian, phrygian, etc. are modes of the diatonic scale...except that there is literally an infinity of tunings, depending on how one combines the notes. To me, that is a fascinating concept, and one which insures that those who wish to study tunings will never become bored...Hstick SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Erik Nauman Subject: RE: TUNING digest 1242 PostedDate: 20-11-97 00:16:38 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: 20-11-97 00:15:18-20-11-97 00:15:19,20-11-97 00:15:26-20-11-97 00:15:27 DeliveredDate: 20-11-97 00:15:27 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 C1256554.007FB9E7; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 00:15:06 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03380; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 00:16:38 +0100 Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 00:16:38 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03378 Received: (qmail 2771 invoked from network); 19 Nov 1997 15:16:35 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Nov 1997 15:16:35 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu