Margo's post

>Of course, this isn't to say that 81:64 and 27:16 are the _only_
>tunings that can "feel right" for this cadence. In a Xeno-Gothic
>tuning, where the major third and major sixth can be made a
>Pythagorean comma wider than usual (close to 9:7 and 12:7), this same
>progression in certain timbres can have a very convincing "ring" for
>me:
>
> c#' -- +67 -- d'
> (930,498) (1200,498)
> g# -- +67 -- a
> (430) (702)
> e -- -204 -- d
>
>Here I'd describe the usual Pythagorean version with 81:64 and 27:16
>as "classic," and this version as more "jazzy," although my sense of
>"neo-Gothic jazzy" might not be the same as other people's .

Forgive my ignorance, but what is "Xeno-Gothic"? Do you mean new music
that uses the 9/7 and 12/7 intentionally, or do you mean new music that
uses it intuitively? I'm think you mean old music that uses it
intuitively. In any case, can you give a time frame, location, composers'
names, and/or recommended recordings?

Carl

PRC stands for "People's Republic of China." While it is
sometimes necessary to be selective in what you buy (some
folks have commercialized "traditoional " Chinese music in
various ways) there is still a good amount of music frmom
China that is the real thing. HMV in Hong Kong carries a
lot of it, but I would imagine the selection in US record
stores would be more spotty.

Best,

Lydia Ayers
50 miles from the PRC