source file: mills3.txt Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 23:22:02 +0100 Subject: RE: basic works From: "Paul H. Erlich" Here's a very short list with many important omissions: John R. Pierce, _The Science of Musical Sound_ (unfortunately it doesn't discuss meantone temperament) Wilkinson, _Tuning In_ (error-filled but fun) Harry Partch, _Genesis of a Music_ (a very opinionated work, but essential) J. Sundberg, ed. _Harmony and Tonality_ (many fine articles by Pierce, Krumhansl, etc.) Easley Blackwood, "Modes and Chord Progressions in Equal Tunings." _Perspectives of New Music_ Vol. 29 No. 2 pp. 166-200 Douglas Keislar, "Six American Composers on Nonstandard Tunings." _Perspectives of New Music_ Vol. 29 No. 1 p. 177 E. Terhardt, "Pitch, consonance, and harmony." J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. Vol. 55 p. 1061. >-----Original Message----- >From: James Bunch [SMTP:jmbunch@unix.nets.com] >Sent: Thursday, December 25, 1997 3:03 PM >To: Paul H. Erlich >Subject: basic works > >Hi, > >After getting recommendations for months to do so, I finally checked into >the TUNING list, and find myself overwhelmed. Could you recommend a few >basic references that would get me up to speed on "modern" tuning systems, >psychoacoustics of consonance/disonance, etc.? > >Thanks > >Jim Bunch > SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: "Paul H. Erlich" Subject: Re: PLANCK CONSTANT PostedDate: 30-12-97 00:45:23 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: 30-12-97 00:42:59-30-12-97 00:43:00,30-12-97 00:42:24-30-12-97 00:42:25 DeliveredDate: 30-12-97 00:42:25 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 C125657C.0082463B; Tue, 30 Dec 1997 00:44:53 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA27503; Tue, 30 Dec 1997 00:45:23 +0100 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 00:45:23 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA27507 Received: (qmail 17084 invoked from network); 29 Dec 1997 15:45:20 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Dec 1997 15:45:20 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu