Re: [tuning] UT-mos disillusionment [utonal]

Dear Joseph Pehrson;
I do not know if utonality chord and scales are a fabrication or not. Possibly Otonality
are also as I understand they are always a bit off from this ideal in nature. The important
thing is that we have found these chords and scales extremely musical useful. In regard to the
phenomenon of Utonal sonorities resolving to Otonality has been more of a nuisance to many of
us. These Otonality chords stop the movement by their "sitting there". You are welcome to
test all you like, but like the tarot, I think more is gained by a daily acquaintance, than
the statistical analysis of their Cabalistic numerical relations. The Utonality series is
filled with mystery and it is no wonder it was found on the Aulos. Something my dear spiritual
sister Kathleen Schlesinger discussed in detail, only to be dismissed on trivial grounds
hiding the gender bias of the "Scholars". There is the element of "irrationality" ( in the
greek sense) in the subharmonic series, it works but can't really be explained or compared
side by side to the chords of Apollo. Dionysus is too a god of music, that will take his
vengeance upon the musical Penteus if they get in his way.
Banaphshu

Joseph Pehrson wrote:

> Paul and all...
>
> If I'm understanding everything correctly from the posts, it seems as
> though several people... Paul Erlich, formost, but also Joe Monzo, don't
> really feel there is a solid acoustical basis for perceiving
> relationships of utonal chords through their "higher" ratios or from the
> "guide tone." I believe this is also what George Kahrimanis was trying
> to research.
>
> Right, wrong?
>
> The utonal chords are therefore totally a "fabrication" or construct...
> kind of like the serial 12-tone system.... a system which clearly can be
> learned for composition, but which is not inherently "natural" to the
> acoustical sound world... although some can "stretch" a justification to
> try to explain it.
>
> I understand that the folks over at Anaphoria disagree with this
> assessment.
> ,................
>

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