Harry Partch's Birthday -- MIDI example in JI

Hello, there, everyone, and it's my pleasure to honor Harry Partch on
his 100th birthday by sharing another chain of cadences in JI.

This progression has the curious property that it's almost circular,
indeed a kind of "circumambulation" by six _almost_ identical
cadences, or more exactly five identical ones and a sixth slightly
altered. This is in Sesquisexta, a 24-note Pythagorean-based system
with two 12-note keyboards a pure 7:6 apart:

http://value.net/~mschulter/sesci001.mid

The lowest part moves Eb-F-G-A-B-C#-Eb, concluding an octave higher
than its starting note.

However one might describe the "geometry" of this example, I hope that
it may bring some enjoyment, and suggest the many shapes that JI music
may take.

With peace and love for Harry Partch, and for all,

Margo Schulter
mschulter@...

--- In crazy_music@y..., mschulter <MSCHULTER@V...> wrote:
> Hello, there, everyone, and it's my pleasure to honor Harry Partch
on
> his 100th birthday by sharing another chain of cadences in JI.
[snip
> However one might describe the "geometry" of this example, I hope
that
> it may bring some enjoyment, and suggest the many shapes that JI
music
> may take.

Many shapes indeed.

What a beauty that progression is! Lovely, lovely. Thank you,
Margo. Some sequence-like or trope-like melodic material over a
drone between each cadence might make the beginnings of a sweet piece
of music.

David Finnamore