[linux-audio-user] tuning freaks

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 09:19:38AM -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...
> 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...

We got a piano for free that didn't stay in tune for more than an hour
after the piano tech left. I'm having lots of fun with it. ;-D

-Eric Rz.