Re: [MMM] tempered duration

On the question a will back of tempered rhythmn. it appears that stockhausen did this with duration in the piece kontacte, where he divided the tempo between 60 and 120 in 12 equal parts.

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At 07:35 PM 11/28/2007, you wrote:
>On the question a will back of tempered rhythmn. it appears that
>stockhausen did this with duration in the piece kontacte, where he
>divided the tempo between 60 and 120 in 12 equal parts.

That's not tempering to how I think of it. Nancarrow's irrational
meters were at least, well, irrational, but still didn't have a
purpose analogous to temperament.

-Carl