source file: mills3.txt Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:57:09 +0100 Subject: Re: vertical/horizontal/motherlode From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >I've noticed that melodies and harmonies don't necessarily have to share >the same scales. When I studied with Ben Johnston, it was an assumption >that all pitches needed for harmony and melody would be part of the same >set. I now questions that. I'm inclined to agree, based upon the small and large ensemble performance on imprecise-pitched instruments I've done over the years. For example, in some comparatively homophonic contexts wherein the "chord" parts have a fairly slow harmonic rhythm, I have heard many cases where melodies are rendered closer to equal, and harmonies closer to JI. But I don't mean that to suggest that that's a general pattern; just one type of scenario I've noticed before. Along similar lines, I have also noticed in duet-playing on woodwinds, a tendency for the harmony part to come closer to JI relative to the melody part's approximately ET pitch. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) Subject: Re: instruments PostedDate: 04-01-98 20:57:45 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: 04-01-98 20:55:11-04-01-98 20:55:12,04-01-98 20:54:30-04-01-98 20:54:30 DeliveredDate: 04-01-98 20:54:30 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 C1256582.006D6C16; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:57:07 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA32543; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:57:45 +0100 Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:57:45 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA32356 Received: (qmail 14088 invoked from network); 4 Jan 1998 11:56:45 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Jan 1998 11:56:45 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu