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Tibetan Tuning (Paul E)

🔗Manuel.Op.de.Coul@ezh.nl (Manuel Op de Coul)

6/6/1997 8:08:32 AM
From: PErlich

>I've been a lurker for quite some time on this list, and am somewhat
>puzzled by this reference to a Tibetan tuning utilizing 12 notes. I've
>previously worked with Tibetan folk musicians, and their
>compositions/folksongs are most definitely pentatonic.

Pay attention folks! From TD 1091:

>Actually, the tuning for Near By Life was classic just on the
>Kurzweil. Though the program was mistaken, calling it "Tibetan preset
>tuning," the actual intervals in cents are:

>C C# -29 D +4 D# +16 E -14 F -2 F# -10 G +2 G# +14
>A -16 A# +18 B -12

>Mayumi Reinhard

So enough about "Tibetan Tuning," okay? (unless you really want to talk about
music from Tibet . . .)

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