[linux-audio-user] tuning freaks

[Dave Griffiths]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:19:38 -0400, Michal Seta wrote
> "Dave Griffiths" <dave at pawfal.org> writes:
> 
> > I've just added scala (http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/scala/) support to my
> > sequencer, and as much as I like playing in the scale of "Empirical Tibetian
> > Ceremonial", I'd quite like to jam with people :)
> 
> You mean to tell me that you actually tune to others to jam?  I don't
> believe you...

well, no, true... but it's nice to have the option, theoretically :)

> Depending on what kind of music you're doing, I found it quite
> fascinating to use my microtonal guitar (some variant of just
> intonation, 21 notes to the octave which was in fact made with help
> of Scala) in jams with a slightly-out-tune yamaha electric piano and 
> gamba
> (tuned to a=415Hz, baroque style).  Well, sometimes we do tune down 
> to 415Hz but mixing tuning systems (12ET, out-of-tune 12ET, JI) is 
> fascinating.  But then, we often avoid pitches altogether so it 
> doesn't matter much...

I've found it really refreshing to play with this stuff. I think you can
become a bit too obsessed, but it certainly makes you think a bit more about
the music.
 
dave