Indian music, Danielou

As usual, there seems to be much speculation, but little definitive
info, about the scales of Indian music. God knows it's a huge place, also
very old, so the possibilities are interesting. I personally believe that
the traditional (before the white guys took over) tunings were closely
related to the natural overtone series...I think it highly unlikely that
they were playing in any sort of eq temp until recently. A sitar has
moveable frets...no need for that if you only use an eq temp. Sarods are
fretless, ideal for finding the pure notes/ratios. Just look at the cover
of various sitar albums, and you will notice that the frets are NOT
always equally spaced. Of course, Shankar and others have played with
Western orchestras and such...perhaps they adapt their sound to the
tempered scale.
Also, several folks have said Danielou's book is questionable, but no
one has said why...why? What did he say that was incorrect, and what,
then, IS correct? Hstick


SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
From: Aline Surman
Subject: teensy correction
PostedDate: 15-12-97 23:21:42
SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH
ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
$MessageStorage: 0
$UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH
RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH
RouteTimes: 15-12-97 23:19:41-15-12-97 23:19:42,15-12-97 23:19:22-15-12-97 23:19:22
DeliveredDate: 15-12-97 23:19:22
Categories:
$Revisions:

Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2
9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125656E.007AA443; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:21:30 +0100
Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA15252; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:21:42 +0100
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:21:42 +0100
Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA16273
Received: (qmail 11864 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1997 14:21:20 -0800
Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1)
by localhost with SMTP; 15 Dec 1997 14:21:20 -0800
Message-Id: <3495B699.83@dnvr.uswest.net>
Errors-To: madole@mills.edu
Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu

Thanks, Neil, yes indeed it is Microfest. I guess I blanked since we have
MicroFests here in New York.

Oh, and about India in 22ET, why is anyone taking this seriously? It
seems that once again one person's personal microtonal theory is being
treated as if it has universal application. I guess it is refreshing that
we are now in a 19ET uber alles mode.

S'funny thing to present J.S. Bach in the myriad scales of
well-temperament on the radio annually when the kind of
listening that is required is considered "alien" to a member of this list.

Johnny Reinhard
Director
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@idt.net
http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM


SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
From: Carl Lumma
Subject: Misc 4
PostedDate: 16-12-97 00:07:51
SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH
ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
$MessageStorage: 0
$UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH
RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH
RouteTimes: 16-12-97 00:05:52-16-12-97 00:05:53,16-12-97 00:05:33-16-12-97 00:05:33
DeliveredDate: 16-12-97 00:05:33
Categories:
$Revisions:

Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2
9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125656E.007EDDE8; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:07:39 +0100
Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA13741; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:07:51 +0100
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:07:51 +0100
Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA16376
Received: (qmail 15715 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1997 15:07:47 -0800
Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1)
by localhost with SMTP; 15 Dec 1997 15:07:47 -0800
Message-Id: <19971215230816296.AAA292@ascend542.nni.com>
Errors-To: madole@mills.edu
Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu
Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu