Paul's paper, and wallpaper

Paul wrote:
>>I hope you get a chance to check out my paper on (two-step-sized)
>>decatonic scales as a basis for 7-limit tonality, either in the
>>just-published Xenharmonikon 17

Me, too. feel free to send it to me. You're not saying Xen 17 has been
published and mailed yet, are you? Fow what it's worth, the 7-limit rap
need not apply: I don't write music with "consonant" chords and things.

>In "Pient Molles" (forum CD piece), it's 5 240-cent big pieces
>with 60-cent small pieces in between.
>>I'm confused . . . is that 5 180-cent big steps and 5 60-cent small
>>steps?

That's right. I also tried stacking it all up until the octaves wrapped
around - that works great, too. Especially for sampled metal percussion.

>>By the way, Easley Blackwood describes some amazing properties of
>>the symmetrical decatonic scale

Amazing is right. The ideas work great. Too bad more people
(or even he himself) don't write more music in that way.

Rick Sanford