Re: [MMM] re: Science Friction

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Walker" <robertwalker@...>

> Hi David,
>
> > I don't have any speakers hooked up to my computer right now,
> > so I wonder if it sounds anything like my Science Friction, in harmonic
> > just intonation from the Trenton Avant Garde Festival presents a
> > Recital Without Musicans cassette. Premiered at the 1995 Trenton Avant
> > Garde Festival Composer's series.
>
> I wonder?
>
> I used this name because it is the name of one of the FM7 voices.
>
> It is a harmonic series piece. Uses a series that starts
>
> 1/1 2/1 1/3 5/4 7/6 13/6 6/17 17/12 4/3...

Mine made it to the Scala archive:

! beardsley.scl
!
David Beardsley's scale used in "Science Friction". superparticular
12
!
17/16
9/8
19/16
5/4
21/16
11/8
3/2
13/8
27/16
7/4
15/8
2/1

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
>
> Mine made it to the Scala archive:
>
> ! beardsley.scl
> !
> David Beardsley's scale used in "Science Friction". superparticular
> 12
> !
> 17/16
> 9/8
> 19/16
> 5/4
> 21/16
> 11/8
> 3/2
> 13/8
> 27/16
> 7/4
> 15/8
> 2/1

this is identical to the wendy carlos harmonic scale, which i would
think should also be in the scala archives:

http://www.microtonalsynthesis.com/scale_carlos_harmonic.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "paulerlich" <paul@...>

> this is identical to the wendy carlos harmonic scale, which i would
> think should also be in the scala archives:

I found it in Wilkinson before I even heard Wendy Carlos use it.
Ben Johnston and La Monte Young have also used it.

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley

> Mine made it to the Scala archive:
>
> ! beardsley.scl

Paul is right, it was removed and the name is carlos_harm.scl.

Manuel

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., manuel.op.de.coul@e... wrote:
> > Mine made it to the Scala archive:
> >
> > ! beardsley.scl
>
> Paul is right, it was removed and the name is carlos_harm.scl.
>
> Manuel

i didn't mean to suggest david's name should be removed
altogether . . . vibes are bad enough around here . . .

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "paulerlich" <paul@s...> wrote:

/makemicromusic/topicId_3510.html#3511

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> >
> > Mine made it to the Scala archive:
> >
> > ! beardsley.scl
> > !
> > David Beardsley's scale used in "Science Friction".
superparticular
> > 12
> > !
> > 17/16
> > 9/8
> > 19/16
> > 5/4
> > 21/16
> > 11/8
> > 3/2
> > 13/8
> > 27/16
> > 7/4
> > 15/8
> > 2/1
>
> this is identical to the wendy carlos harmonic scale, which i would
> think should also be in the scala archives:
>
> http://www.microtonalsynthesis.com/scale_carlos_harmonic.html

***Just out of curiosity... what is the "logic" of this scale?? I'm
presuming there *is* one if two people came up with
it "independently..."

Joseph

>i didn't mean to suggest david's name should be removed
>altogether . . . vibes are bad enough around here . . .

No, of course, but I had already removed it. I don't remember
when. David's name was preserved in the other file.
I don't like duplicates, since there are already so many files.

Manuel

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "paulerlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
>
> /makemicromusic/topicId_3510.html#3511
>
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Mine made it to the Scala archive:
> > >
> > > ! beardsley.scl
> > > !
> > > David Beardsley's scale used in "Science Friction".
> superparticular
> > > 12
> > > !
> > > 17/16
> > > 9/8
> > > 19/16
> > > 5/4
> > > 21/16
> > > 11/8
> > > 3/2
> > > 13/8
> > > 27/16
> > > 7/4
> > > 15/8
> > > 2/1
> >
> > this is identical to the wendy carlos harmonic scale, which i
would
> > think should also be in the scala archives:
> >
> > http://www.microtonalsynthesis.com/scale_carlos_harmonic.html
>
>
> ***Just out of curiosity... what is the "logic" of this scale??
I'm
> presuming there *is* one if two people came up with
> it "independently..."

it's a 12-tone tuning, which is convenient. includes harmonics 8-16,
which is 8 notes, and the other 4 notes "fill the gaps" with a
selection of higher, but not too much higher, harmonics: 17, 19, 21,
and 27. if you're restricted to tuning each 12-equal pitch plus or
minus 50 cents, then this is pretty much the only was to do this.

----- Original Message -----

> > ***Just out of curiosity... what is the "logic" of this scale??
> I'm
> > presuming there *is* one if two people came up with
> > it "independently..."
>
> it's a 12-tone tuning, which is convenient. includes harmonics 8-16,
> which is 8 notes, and the other 4 notes "fill the gaps" with a
> selection of higher, but not too much higher, harmonics: 17, 19, 21,
> and 27.

17:18:19:20:21:21:22:24:26:27:28:30

>if you're restricted to tuning each 12-equal pitch plus or
> minus 50 cents, then this is pretty much the only was to do this.

Not the reason I was using this scale.

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beardsley" <db@...>

> 17:18:19:20:21:21:22:24:26:27:28:30

make that 16:17:18:19:20:21:21:22:24:26:27:28:30

dB