salty ET

Messiean, a synaesthete who had such a vivid harmonic imagination, (and
I think a lot of his harmony is instinctively based upon clusters of
higher partials of the OT series), seemed to have no interest in
pursuing microtones.

But I guess it makes sense: if most people are happy just going through
life with only 12 pitch classes for their ears; then why would they want
more gradation just because that sense had been transposed to a new
domain?

Just because you can taste sounds, doesn't mean that you have more
discriminating tastes.

>Subject: Re: That ET tastes a little salty...
>
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>--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <PERLICH@A...> wrote:
> Coolness! Thanks for the link, Jon.
>
>Don't you want to bet that they had it narrowed down to 12tet taste?
>or do you think she could discern more minute variations, with
>extra-subtle flavors/tastes apparent with < 100 cent intervals?

In a message dated 3/5/2005 10:21:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
chris@... writes:
Messiean

...was reputablythe main sponsor for Ivan Wyschnegradsky in Paris. He did
write a quartertone work, but it is really early in his oevre. His widow
preferred not to release it as she considered it immature. Maybe eventually we will
see what he was cogitatin'.

Johnny Reinhard

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Maybe he wanted to leave room for others to explore, unlike some many of the post WW2 composers :-)

Christopher Bailey wrote:

>Messiean, a synaesthete who had such a vivid harmonic imagination, (and >I think a lot of his harmony is instinctively based upon clusters of >higher partials of the OT series), seemed to have no interest in >pursuing microtones.
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>But I guess it makes sense: if most people are happy just going through >life with only 12 pitch classes for their ears; then why would they want >more gradation just because that sense had been transposed to a new >domain? >
>Just because you can taste sounds, doesn't mean that you have more >discriminating tastes. >
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one too many salty swift and not goodbye

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
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db,

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> one too many salty swift and not goodbye

Whooaaaah, you've got your thinking cap on! Me? I didn't catch the
reference; for those who don't want to Google:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16603

Cheers,
Jon

Jon Szanto wrote:

>db,
>
>--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> >
>>one too many salty swift and not goodbye
>> >>
>
>Whooaaaah, you've got your thinking cap on! Me? I didn't catch the
>reference; for those who don't want to Google:
>
>http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16603
>
>Cheers,
>Jon
>
If you're not going to listen to music that's in tune,
check out the shit that's falling down the stairs.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db