Mavila

Kraig Grady wrote:
> Subject: Re: Re: Robert Smith Equal Harmony
>
> I like in the 16 tone version you have a scale almost the opposite of
> your diatonic with
> S-S-S-L-S-S-L
> instead of
> L-L-L-S-L-L-S
> But i use the generator 523.6628465
> within a few cents of the complement of yours.
> I have found the recurrent sequence leading to this quite good on an
> instrument like a hammered dulcimer which is diatonically biased
> although i use only up to 10 pitches which is likewise what i used on
> my 5th mesa piece on the interior CD which oi believe you have.
> although here we are still in the lower range of the sequence
> as short sound clip on hammered D> on this page
> http://anaphoria.com/cd.html
>
>
> Paul Erlich wrote:
>
> >--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>How far out are you taking Mavila? Since it has MOS at 9 and 16 ( not
> >>that that has stopped me)
> >
> >For the most part, I've taken it out only to 12 notes, so that I can
> >map the notes "conventionally" on the keyboard -- of course they are no
> >longer in order of pitch (F# is lower than F, Bb is lower than B, etc).
> >As far as the exact tuning, I've mostly used a generator ("perfect
> >fifth") of 677 cents on the Ensoniq and 680 cents on the Korg, with a
> >period of 1200 cents in both cases. "Conventional" pentatonic scales
> >are really fantastic in these tunings, sounding non-Western in the
> >extreme, and kinda Pelogish . . . so with 12 notes, I have 8 different
> >transpositions of this pentatonic that I can 'modulate' between . . .
> >lots of fun. Also fun is doing a "conventional" modulation to a sharp
> >or flat area and then being surprised when the return to the original
> >key involves a microtonal move in a direction opposite from what you
> >would have expected . . .

Hi Kraig,

Is this the one called R&R.mp3? I'm downloading that now, but
it will take a while before I can hear it ... There's quite a few
music file links on that page.

Regards,
Yahya

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yes . also the fifth mesa which is also quite long for dial up is based on mavila from 95

Yahya Abdal-Aziz wrote:

>
>
>Hi Kraig,
>
>Is this the one called R&R.mp3? I'm downloading that now, but >it will take a while before I can hear it ... There's quite a few >music file links on that page.
>
>Regards,
>Yahya
>
> >

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