source file: mills3.txt Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 08:05:21 +0100 Subject: Re:Native Indian Music/Rod Poole From: Kraig Grady The only extenive collections of Native American music was done by Francis Densmore. These collections were done from the turn of the century to the 40's. Although she makes no attempt to decyper the tunings, she recorded these songs on Edison Disks which many are housed at the Southwest Museum here in L.A. That none of us has investigated this collection is a shame and all you out there could ridicule me for not taking up the task. May my friends out there harp me to go over there, I will. She states that they raise their fourths and lower their sevenths(could they be attempting to reach a gibson dischord!).Personally I have heard stories that before this time of Densmore's collections (of individual not group renditions) that with certain tribes the women would keep a high drone from which the song would start or move to within the first few notes. I have tried playing quite a few songs with an upper drone finding the effect very convincing!! Even more so when I've used scale derived from a subharmonic series. Rod Poole who first used my 12-tone tuning Centaur found in the last Xen., now has expanded this into a 17-limit affair (22 frets to the octive with various open tunings). He has also done some compositions as "The Voice of the Bowed Guitar" with 3 just open tuned guitars that are bowed. I will update you when the recording is available. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: gbreed@cix.compulink.co.uk (Graham Breed) Subject: Re: Comma shift and the speed of the galaxy PostedDate: 28-12-97 14:29:46 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: 28-12-97 14:27:29-28-12-97 14:27:30,28-12-97 14:26:55-28-12-97 14:26:55 DeliveredDate: 28-12-97 14:26:55 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 C125657B.0049EAB3; Sun, 28 Dec 1997 14:29:18 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA26528; Sun, 28 Dec 1997 14:29:46 +0100 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 14:29:46 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA26542 Received: (qmail 21216 invoked from network); 28 Dec 1997 05:29:44 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 28 Dec 1997 05:29:44 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu