Johnston's notation defended

An example of Ben Johnston's "conflicting directions" in his notation
would be an "F" with a combination of symbols in front of it: one symbol
might be to substract 70 cents, another to add 22 cents...and there could
even be a third. Unfortunately, I cannot send the "actual" notation by
e-mail. Suffice it to say that muddling over how to calibrate a pitch
through a succession of mathematical processes is unneccessary. Cents
makes sense.

Johnny Reinhard
American Festival of Microtonal Music
318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW
New York, New York 10021 USA
(212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495
reinhard@ios.com


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