Thanx Joshua, I learned somethin from that.
postscript/why do people reply to me AND idm@hyperreal.org? like im not gonna chec kthe mailing list i post to? :P
late.
ian (@webice.net)
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From: "joshua eustis" <benelli3000@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 17:44:18 CDT
quoted 57 lines From: "ian" <ian@webice.net>>>From: "ian" <ian@webice.net>
>>Reply-To: <ian@webice.net>
>>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>>Subject: Re: [idm] music 101
>>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 11:34:01 -0500
>>
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>>Original Message ----------------------------------
>>From: Ed Hall <edhall@screech.weirdnoise.com>
>>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 19:03:19 -0700
>>
>> >Not all music uses equal-tempered scales. In fact, even AE has used
>> >alternative tunings in some of their tracks (e.g. arch carrier on LP5).
>> >To someone immersed in equal temperament as most of us are, such scales
>> >sound vaguely out-of-tune, yet there can be an odd sense of harmonious-
>> >ness missing from equal-tempered tunings (at least in keys compatible
>> >with the tuning).
>>
>>wait wait hold on. alternate tunings? are you saying AE used quarter steps
>>or something?
>>
>> >Equal temperament is the ONLY tuning system where enharmonic keys are
>> >equivalent. It facilitates, but isn't necessary for, chromaticism.
>> >(Check a good music dictionary for definitions of the latter word, and
>> >other such terms.)
>>
>>I understand chromaticism, what the hell is equal temperament?
>>
>>
>>#@!$% ian
>
>Equal Temperament is how instruments are tuned today in the Western world.
>It means that every note is equidistant from the on before and the one after
>it. Basically, the octave is divided up into 12 equal half steps, thus
>making the perfect 5th a bit flat and the Major 3rd a bit sharp from their
>natural values. This differs from how instruments were tuned during, say ,
>the baroque era, when they were tuned in Just Intonation, in which the
>perfect 5th is made slightly flat but the "pure 3rd" between the 4th and 5th
>partial of the overtone series is preserved. This tuning was used because
>most music during that time was based on harmony of thirds. So, back in the
>day of JS Bach, some keys actually did sound "sadder" or "happier" to a
>certain extent, whereas there are no real differnces between one minor key
>and another minor key in Equal Temperament. Even older is the Pythagorean
>method of tuning, which is tuning based on "Perfect" 5ths, which facilitates
>music based on harmonies of 5ths but leaves 3rds badly out of tune. Equal
>Temperament equally allows 5ths and 3rds to be used harmonically, at least
>to our young western ears.
>
>Geez, I hope this clarifies things.
>
>take care, have fun with tuning!!
>
>Joshua
>\telefon tel aviv
>\benelli design labs
>
>sorry John last time
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