5 Apr
2007
5 Apr
'07
7:14 p.m.
On Thursday 05 April 2007, Florian Schmidt wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Btw: i do not want to imply that it is impossible to make music with pitch
collections that don't resemble any known scale based on harmonics..
I once played with random frequencies in supercollider. The result is a bit
boring, but has very interesting textures at times..
http://tapas.affenbande.org/boggle_toggle,ogg
So it is very possible to use weird or strange pitch collections, but i
suppose there is something to how harmonics and slight deviations thereof
sound that make them especially appealing to the human listener..
Flo
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http://tapas.affenbande.org
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:34:23PM -0400, Charles
Linart wrote:
I don't think so. Though the frequency relations used in the scales all
over this world might differ, almost all do have some relation to the
natural harmonic series..
So the details might differ, but the big picture is the same :) There are 12 frequencies of sound that are
recognized by the human ear
as musical notes.
That's completely wrong. Your recognise notes because you have been
conditioned for them. It could be any set of frequencies.