source file: m1496.txt Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:56:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Numbers and a new tuning From: Johnny Reinhard The Harmonic-17 tuning I'm working with for my new work _Trespass_ uses the following notes, based on a 1/1 fundamental: 1/1 17/18 17/16 34/31 19/17 17/15 20/17 17/14 22/17 cents: 0 99 105 160 193 217 281 336 447 17/13 24/17 26/17 17/11 28/17 34/20 62/34 34/17 464 597 735 754 864 919 1040 1095 While most people think about the 99 cent semitone that results from the 17/18 semitone found in the sequence of the overtone series (used most cleverly by Vincenzo Gallilei, father of Galileo, to fret the archlute). I was surprised to find a 400 cent major third - between 24/17 and 28/17. I have not noticed any 3/2's. Can you map it out the way you think best? re: a second album of my music - I'm still waiting for the first album _Raven_ to be released in late September on a new label called "The Stereo Society". Johnny Reinhard Director American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@idt.net http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM