Xmas carols retuned

[Monz wrote:]
>John deLaubenfels:

>How about retuning some Christmas Carols to get us in
>the holiday spirit? Here are some of the best Christmas
>MIDI-files I've found:

>http://www.lockergnome.com/midi/holiday.html

>PLEASE do 'The 12 Days of Christmas' - this arrangement is great!

Consider it done! I've downloaded, tuned, and uploaded, four pieces:

holynite: Oh Holy Night. A lovely, if untraditional, arrangement.
Unfortunately, a few of the notes overflowed the channel limit,
and didn't make it into the retunings in noticeable places, yet,
IMHO, it's still lovely (it almost works as if the gaps had been
left for the listener to fill in in imagination).

green: Greensleeves. I'm not crazy about this arrangement myself,
but it's imaginative.

silent: Silent Night. A carol that I love. Nice arrangement.

12days: Twelve Days of Christmas. Very funny arrangement, with
modulations and voice alterations; must hear to believe.

For once, I'm not going to push 7-limit (Paul E, are you suitably
shocked?). They're still my favorites, but most listeners will probably
find 5-limit sufficiently sweet without the potential shock of those
very flat sevenths. Both options are included, along with the original
12-tET.

Merry Xmas, everyone, whatever your particular religious persuasion!!

JdL

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "John A. deLaubenfels" <jdl@a...> wrote:

> Consider it done! I've downloaded, tuned, and uploaded,
> four pieces:
>
> holynite: Oh Holy Night. A lovely, if untraditional, arrangement.
> ...
> green: Greensleeves. I'm not crazy about this arrangement myself,
> but it's imaginative.
>
> silent: Silent Night. A carol that I love. Nice arrangement.
>
> 12days: Twelve Days of Christmas. Very funny arrangement, with
> modulations and voice alterations; must hear to believe.

Wow, John, thanks! That was fast! I'll have to wait until
late tonight to check them out.

It just so happens that you picked my four favorites of all
the files on this page. One other I'd love to hear retuned:
Leroy Anderson's 'Sleigh Ride'.

-monz

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "John A. deLaubenfels" <jdl@a...> wrote:
>
> For once, I'm not going to push 7-limit (Paul E, are you suitably
> shocked?). They're still my favorites, but most listeners will
probably
> find 5-limit sufficiently sweet without the potential shock of those
> very flat sevenths.

John,

I guess I must be somewhat conditioned to 7, because I generally seem
to prefer your 7 versions.

Thanks!

Jacky Ligon

[I wrote:]
>>For once, I'm not going to push 7-limit (Paul E, are you suitably
>>shocked?). They're still my favorites, but most listeners will
>>probably find 5-limit sufficiently sweet without the potential shock
>>of those very flat sevenths.

[Jacky Ligon:]
>I guess I must be somewhat conditioned to 7, because I generally seem
>to prefer your 7 versions.

Kyool!! I think that once seven gets into your head, it becomes, as
David Finnamore said, something you don't want to leave "home" without.
When I started tuning, it took a significant time before seven seemed
acceptable to me, but that's all in the past now! Every now and then
I come across a sequence that I think sounds better in five, but often
on second hearing I change my mind and prefer it in seven instead.

[Monz wrote:]
>It just so happens that you picked my four favorites of all
>the files on this page. One other I'd love to hear retuned:
>Leroy Anderson's 'Sleigh Ride'.

Is Leroy Anderson the composer or the sequencer? I don't find an
attribution in the sequence. What's that at the end? It sounds like
Nintendo's Mario being whipped by one of the dragons.

JdL