source file: mills3.txt Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 04:09:34 +0100 Subject: Reply to Erik Nauman From: Gregg Gibson > I may have a different definition of consonance and dissonance than > many, but I think the beauty of the 7-limit is its quality of what I > would describe as stretching consonance along a continuum from simple, > tight vibration patterns to complex and loose. Then there is a category > beyond a some point when the chord loses its identity and cohesion and > this I would call dissonance. But then this could just be my own little > way of seeing things.I suppose many of you use a mathematical definition > of consonance, comparing partials and such, that I wouldn't begin to > understand, but I trust my ears. The voicing of chords is also an > important factor; 7:5 sounds magnificent when placed in the octave above > a 4:5:6 chord, even a 4:5:6:7 chord, or an 8:9:10:12:14 chord. > Erik Nauman > > When I say that the septimals are dissonant, I do not mean to imply that I hate them. They can be quite charming, when used as dissonances. The only dissonances that I hate are those so near to the consonances that they sound like, and are, mistuned consonances. You might enjoy trying the close approximation to the 25:18 interval of the 19-tone equal (the augmented fourth). This interval sounds intensely laid-back and weirdly cool - even more than the 7:5. No one can go far wrong by trusting his own ears, provided he lives in fear of his audience. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Gregg Gibson Subject: Re: re: 31-tone equal melodic progression PostedDate: 14-12-97 04:26:30 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: 14-12-97 04:24:32-14-12-97 04:24:33,14-12-97 04:24:15-14-12-97 04:24:15 DeliveredDate: 14-12-97 04:24:15 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 C125656D.0012B704; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 04:26:21 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA14817; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 04:26:30 +0100 Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 04:26:30 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA14812 Received: (qmail 2529 invoked from network); 13 Dec 1997 19:26:27 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Dec 1997 19:26:27 -0800 Message-Id: <3493B431.49F2@ww-interlink.net> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu