Re: [tuning] Temple in the Ear 2000 performance by David Beardsley last Sat.

"Lodge, Robert L" wrote:

> On to better and more soulful things. David renders his Just
> Intonation
> guitar synthesizer music using a conventionally fretted 12-ET solidbody
> electric but using only the MIDI pickup output. His synth modules then
> respond in a chosen JI scale. 'Temple' uses a 19-limit scale that I believe
> was first used by Wendy Carlos; 1/1, 17/16, 9/8, 19/16, 5/4, 21/16, 11/8,
> 3/2, 13/8, 27/16, 7/4,15/8. This scale offers (to me) a particularly vivid
> mix of consonance and dissonance, a mix that Beardsley used subtly in this
> very slowly unfolding (hour-plus) exploration.

It's just the harmonic series, I didn't use it for
a few years. In the early years of my work with ji,
I used it all the time. I got it out of the Scott
Wilkinson book years ago and I thought it was time
to revisit it.

As for who used it first, I'm sure La Monte Young
and Ben Johnston used it before she did.

And while that is the right scale, I don't use
21/16 or 15/8 in Temple In The Ear.

> I don't know Beardsley's influences in this field but I heard much
> more of Indian music than Klaus Schulze, more of La Monte Young than Star's
> End. Overall, it was a thoroughly involving and convincing performance.

Thanks for the nice review Bob and thanks for coming
to the show!

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