on that note(sorry unintentional for pun), check out the book:
Temperament by Stuart Issacoff. it it discusses applications and development
of many tuning systems, microtunings, design vs. tuning(harpsichords to
pianos to keys) and email me if about my alternate tunings with irrational
numbers and mathematical constants, causes harmonic/inharmonic steps to
drift for infinity in some cases. later, nth.
G. Sachio Crowe / Nth / nth808@hotmail.com / nth808@netzero.com /
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quoted 32 lines From: "nat hawks" <natbot@hotmail.com>
>From: "nat hawks" <natbot@hotmail.com>
>To: ambient@hyperreal.org, idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] just intonation...
>Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:53:06 -0500
>
>http://www.justintonation.net/
>
>if you've ever wondered what the 'proper' fifth sounds like, here's an mp3
>file example..
>
>if you're wonering what just intonation is, it is the return to what was
>the original, more precise measuring of our twelve tone scale through which
>an instrument could only be tuned to one key at a time... this was a pain
>in the ass, so they approximated the scale into what we now use, having
>lost the original, more natural harmonies to convenience..apparently we're
>all brainwashed... i'm trying to do a track now using this just
>intonation... i'm not really hearing it yet... anyone have success with
>this? i think my problem is that i'm waiting for something really fucked
>up to happen, like my reality caving in and eye sight going.....
>
>nat
>http://www.littlefurythings.net
>
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