source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:34:03 -0700 Subject: forwarded message from ACADIAN/ACADIAN/PAULE%0005695065@mcimail.com From: Steven Rezsutek ------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) ------- Received: from gatekeeper.mcimail.com by synapse.gsfc.nasa.gov with ESMTP (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA231052177; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:29:37 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from MCIMAIL.COM ([166.40.135.61]) by gatekeeper.mcimail.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id SAA20778; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:27:31 GMT Received: from MCIMAIL.COM by DGI0IG.MCIMAIL.COM (PMDF V5.0-7 #16895) id <01II8YLBBO0Y8ZDZ3Q@DGI0IG.MCIMAIL.COM> for steve@synapse.gsfc.nasa.gov; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:28:15 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <97042818281222/0005695065PK4EM@mcimail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Priority: normal From: PAULE To: Steven Rezsutek Subject: Post: Guitars Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:28:12 -0500 (EST) It's great to hear about all the re-fretted guitar work that is going on. I am still waiting for my 22-tET guitar neck to be completed, but hopefully I'll "catch up" with Steven and his band once it's done. Lucy's meantone guitar is a great idea; you can start with 19 frets and then add more once you're comfortable. Meantone means no pseudocommas, which is nice if you're into diatonic triadic music. Lucy's tuning is close enough to optimal meantone that it's not worth arguing with its silly derivation from pi. However, 31-tET would be just as good and would have the advantage that you could use any of the open and slack-key tunings Lucy described and never have more than 31 pitches per octave. Plus it's a closed system, so you can modulate as much as you like with no problems. ------- end ------- Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 23:18 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA32598; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 23:18:14 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA32701 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id OAA05449; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:16:00 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:16:00 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu