source file: mills3.txt Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 23:58:01 +0100 Subject: Re: More on the 19-tone Equal Temperament From: Johnny Reinhard Greg, I imagine you are speaking to the diesis: that which is the smallest interval in the system, as the indicator of melodic threshold of sensibility. If so, you seem to negate by deemphasis all the variations of melodic intervals that are used lovingly by performers, from Barbara Streisand to Billie Holiday. These musicians "know" the intervals they want to sing before they sing them, and they repeat them night after night, year after year, in their basic etchings. Incidentally, the rapid melodic ascension of "small" microtones back and forth was described as a frenzied army of ants by ancient Greeks. I do agree that 19ET has a lot going for it. However, each and every interval holds meaning. Johnny Reinhard Director American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@idt.net http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: "Paul H. Erlich" Subject: to G. Gibson PostedDate: 10-12-97 00:10:25 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: 10-12-97 00:08:33-10-12-97 00:08:34,10-12-97 00:08:20-10-12-97 00:08:21 DeliveredDate: 10-12-97 00:08:21 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 C1256568.007F1D3C; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:08:25 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA10938; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:10:25 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:10:25 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA10941 Received: (qmail 12635 invoked from network); 9 Dec 1997 15:10:21 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Dec 1997 15:10:21 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu