Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!agate!codon3.berkeley.edu!ladasky From: ladasky@codon3.berkeley.edu (John Ladasky;1021 Solano No. 2;528-8666) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: spectral composition Message-ID: <1989Oct28.012443.23076@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 28 Oct 89 01:24:43 GMT References: <6066@merlin.usc.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Reply-To: ladasky@codon3.berkeley.edu.UUCP (John Ladasky) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 17 In article cornicel@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Cornicello) writes: >Oh, and let's hear it for "just intonation" I would like to see some >alternate tunings listed on this board. How about eliminating the octave? Take a look at some Middle Eastern music. The scales are built up by successive tetrachords, some of which do not close at the the octave. Inter- vals of 3/4 and 3/2-tone can be found in addition to the usual whole and half- step. For more information, see what you can find by a late 19th-century researcher named d'Erlanger (I wish I could tell you more, but unfortunately, I am simply taking a class in Middle Eastern music, and I don't have direct access to any of the primary sources...). T CROSS POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE LINE DO NOT CR _______________________________________________________________________________ "Do unto others as you would like - John J. Ladasky ("ii") to do unto them. " Richard Bach (ladasky@enzyme.berkeley.edu)