Tuning Survey Continues June 11th 2010

Tuning Survey Continues June 11th 2010

Here are a another set of tunings I tried with my Fender guitar, Roland GR-20, and Fractal Tune Smithy

You can listen online here

http://notonlymusic.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=346#p2304

What follows is a list of the improvisations in roughly the order that I like them from good to less good. There is one I threw away - in 10ET that just didn't jell with me.

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And the Heavens Opened Up

Partials of a major 3rd bell - root 523.6 Hz, 9th is hum note.
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=425

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The Mechanics of Government

Boethius' chromatic - the chromatic interval is 19/16
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=427

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Monkey at the Keyboard

Blackjack tuning I assume is centered on G and D
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=423

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Children in the Laboratory

Rational in Wilson and Grady style version, Paul Erlich
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=426

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Dipped in Liquid Nitrogen

The second tuning using 25/24 and 256/245 - a rank 2 tuning (I think)
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=424

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Dying Swans in Gorky Park

Blackjack tuning maximizing 1:3:7:9:11
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=420

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Almost Jazz
(Sorry for the high end aliasing - hmmm not sure what to do about that - it was clean during the

performance.)

Big Gulp tuning - whatever that is!!
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=421

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Quasi Music

Sounds a lot like 12 equal....
http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=422