source file: m1378.txt Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 01:31:15 EDT Subject: Re: TUNING digest 1377 From: Nangaku Assuming we have a blank slate with respect to tuning, what would be the extent to which tuning is defined by the form of the music, and vice versa? When would we care what tuning a piece of music is played in? If we have a blank slate for tuning, I assume we also have a blank slate for rhythm or form or any possible combination of sound and silence which will appeal to the mind. What are the limits?