Faq for MicroTonal Music ?

Hi there !

I'm a completely newbie about microtonal music. Does anyone knows of a good
site or a FAQ about the subject so I may read something about it ?

Thanks in advance

Andr�

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Andre Brito" <andrebrito@b...> wrote:
> Hi there !
>
> I'm a completely newbie about microtonal music. Does anyone knows
of a good
> site or a FAQ about the subject so I may read something about it ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> André

Hi Andre!

Well, there was an attempt to create a FAQ over at the largest group
devoted to the subject,

tuning-math@yahoogroups.com

but there was so much bickering about the idea of a FAQ that very
little got done.

The best thing to do is to join the above group, ask lots of
questions both here and there, and look at the various bookmarked
websites -- especially the "big daddy",

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html

Welcome to this strange and wonderful world, and enjoy!

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Andre Brito" <andrebrito@b...> wrote:

/makemicromusic/topicId_1658.html#1658

> Hi there !
>
> I'm a completely newbie about microtonal music. Does anyone knows
of a good
> site or a FAQ about the subject so I may read something about it ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> André

Hello Andre!

And don't forget the "main" "Tuning List." The list is mostly
concerned with tuning *theory* unlike *this* list which is about
practical music-making. However, it's an excellent background if
you're new to the field:

/tuning/

Joseph Pehrson

Paul,

{you wrote...}
>Well, there was an attempt to create a FAQ over at the largest group >devoted to the subject,
>
>tuning-math@yahoogroups.com

Ummm, you *did* mean tuning@yahoogroups.com, didn't you? Unless tuning-math has had some kind of Gigantic Explosion in members, the tuning list is by far the largest group, and most definitely the first stop a newbie should make.

>especially the "big daddy",
>
>http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html

Absolutely a very good start, and if someone starts wandering around these part, they will inevitably bump into the strange sub-language of tuning-ologists, what with wafso-just and secors and whatnot - they definitely need to take a look at Joe Monzo's Tuning Dictionary:

http://www.ixpres.com/interval/dict/index.htm

Over and out,
Jon

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Jonathan M. Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> {you wrote...}
> >Well, there was an attempt to create a FAQ over at the largest
group
> >devoted to the subject,
> >
> >tuning-math@y...
>
> Ummm, you *did* mean tuning@y..., didn't you? Unless tuning-math
> has had some kind of Gigantic Explosion in members, the tuning list
is by
> far the largest group, and most definitely the first stop a newbie
should
> make.

My apologies, I sure did mean tuning@yahoogroups.com . . . I don't
know what got into my fingers and I'm lashing them as we speak . . .

P,

{you wrote...}
>My apologies, I sure did mean tuning@yahoogroups.com . . . I don't
>know what got into my fingers and I'm lashing them as we speak . . .

On the right hand only, if even that! :)

Cheers,
Jon