Another psaltry experiment

I purchased a cheap tuner that reads cents in the form of a note + dial wiper cents in 5 cent increments. So for this time I have an idea of what I tuned my psaltery to by ear. I had intended to try Michael S. ' phi section but my mind couldn't wrap around the implementation for now and I think the weights of strings aren't too suitable as well.

Nonetheless:

here is the tuning for the files linked to this message:

G# + 15 cents
D# + 25 cents
B + 8 cents
G# + 35 cents
D# + 35 cents
C - 30 cents
D# + 0 cents (above the C)
G# + 35 cents (below the C)

The tuning doesn't look too interesting to my eyes but it sounds ok.

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/improvfriday/IF20101105-psaltery.mp3

(same thing with effects)
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/improvfriday/IF20101105-psaltery-processed.mp3

very pretty~!

/^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
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On 6/11/10 11:16 AM, christopherv wrote:
>
> I purchased a cheap tuner that reads cents in the form of a > note + dial wiper cents in 5 cent increments. So for this time > I have an idea of what I tuned my psaltery to by ear. I had > intended to try Michael S. ' phi section but my mind couldn't > wrap around the implementation for now and I think the weights > of strings aren't too suitable as well.
>
> Nonetheless:
>
> here is the tuning for the files linked to this message:
>
> G# + 15 cents
> D# + 25 cents
> B + 8 cents
> G# + 35 cents
> D# + 35 cents
> C - 30 cents
> D# + 0 cents (above the C)
> G# + 35 cents (below the C)
>
> The tuning doesn't look too interesting to my eyes but it > sounds ok.
>
> http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/improvfriday/IF20101105-psaltery.mp3
>
> (same thing with effects)
> http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/improvfriday/IF20101105-psaltery-processed.mp3
>
>

Thank you for the listen and comment!

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@...> wrote:
> very pretty~!
>
>

Hi Chris~
Intriguing the mistuned octaves yet in my metaslendro tuning i sometimes play with such things in compositions. I was able to imitate this on one of my instruments which has some intervals in the 30 cent flat area, even more than here as the sound made me think of it. .
I am too lazy to convert your scale to vibrations per sec which is the only way to see if there is anything going on here of a difference tone nature.
One reasons ratios are good too as one can see this type of info much easier.

What was your own reaction seeing what it is you heard?

/^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

a momentary antenna as i turn to water
this evaporates - an island once again

On 6/11/10 12:24 PM, Chris Vaisvil wrote:
>
> Thank you for the listen and comment!
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Kraig Grady > <kraiggrady@... <mailto:kraiggrady%40anaphoria.com>> > wrote:
> > very pretty~!
> >
> >
>
>

I concur, very nice!

Oz.

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✩ ✩ ✩
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Chris Vaisvil wrote:
> Thank you for the listen and comment!
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Kraig Grady<kraiggrady@...> wrote:
>> very pretty~!
>>
>>

Hi Kraig,

I think next time I am going to load a tuning into pianoteq (or
something) and match sounds.

My reaction was that - this tuning is awfully simple - it is basically
a G# minor chord - but seems so rich to play.
So, I think this is a valuable composition message to myself => the
lesson is in efficiently using pitch resources.

A question - the intervals (excepting the problematic bottom string)
seem pure enough but sound exotic - would this be a result of the
mis-tuning?

Chris

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@...> wrote:
> Hi Chris~
> Intriguing the mistuned octaves yet in my metaslendro tuning i
> sometimes play with such things in compositions. I was able to
> imitate this on one of my instruments which has some intervals
> in the 30 cent flat area, even more than here as the sound made
> me think of it. .
> I am too lazy to convert your scale to vibrations per sec which
> is the only way to see if there is anything going on here of a
> difference tone nature.
> One reasons ratios are good too as one can see this type of info
> much easier.
>
> What was your own reaction seeing what it is you heard?
>

Thanks for the listen and comment!!

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> I concur, very nice!
>
> Oz.
>
> --
>
> ✩ ✩ ✩
> www.ozanyarman.com
>

On 7/11/10 1:11 AM, Chris Vaisvil wrote:
>
>
> A question - the intervals (excepting the problematic bottom > string)
> seem pure enough but sound exotic - would this be a result of the
> mis-tuning?
>
> Chris
>
> I think things are not done by not doing something but by actually doing something even if that means not always knowing what it is.

/^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

a momentary antenna as i turn to water
this evaporates - an island once again