source file: mills3.txt Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 18:47:23 +0100 Subject: Pythagoreanism From: gbreed@cix.compulink.co.uk (Graham Breed) Gregg Gibson is posting such a lot of highly opinionated material, it is difficult not to join in the argument. Here's an example: > One traditional means of deriving just intervals is of course to simply > embark upon a series of perfect fifths: .. > But does a singer ever sing this many successive fifths (or fourths)? > Evidently not. In highly modulated music such a chain might occur, but .. > The system is therefore without practical relation to music, and is one > of those theoretical delusions which so plague and confuse musicians. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the point of using scales based around just fifths is that they're peculiarly easy to tune. Even with my poor, untutored ear, I can recognise a just fifth when I hear one. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Polychroni Moniodis Subject: Re: 19 and melodic lemons PostedDate: 19-12-97 19:00:03 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: 19-12-97 18:57:53-19-12-97 18:57:54,19-12-97 18:57:30-19-12-97 18:57:30 DeliveredDate: 19-12-97 18:57:30 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 C1256572.0062AE0B; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 18:59:47 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA19407; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:00:03 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:00:03 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA19387 Received: (qmail 11585 invoked from network); 19 Dec 1997 09:50:42 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Dec 1997 09:50:42 -0800 Message-Id: <01IRBNSEF9C88X0KL0@ONLINE.EMICH.EDU> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu