Pitch for the International Microtonalist web site

With the blessing of Johnny Reinhard, I have just made available a web
site devoted to Pitch for the International Microtonalist at the
following URL:

http://www.tiac.net/users/xen/pitch/

Pitch is a complete set of reference materials designed to facilitate
independent development in microtonal music. The site includes an
overview and ordering information, as well as links to other pages:
tables of contents, author index, subject index (forthcoming, maybe),
title index, and errata (forthcoming as soon as folks send me some).
Johnny tells me that Pitch will soon be available through the British
Harry Partch Society. When that becomes a reality, I will update the
web site accordingly.

Pitch is a publication of the AFMM. I am not affiliated with Pitch or
the AFMM in any way. I am providing these web pages as a service to the
xenharmonic community.

John

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John G. Pusey xen@tiac.net http://www.tiac.net/users/xen/jgp/



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>A fundamental property of an equal tempered scale is symmetry. The intervals
>available at any note are the same as those from any other note in the
>scale. ... Since every
>note can play every role as the context shifts, then the uniform availability
>of intervals at each note is required. So modulation pushes one to equal
>temperament.

Or it could push you to dynamically-retuned just intonation. That was
not even close to possible as little as two decades ago, but it's becoming
a reality as we speak.



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