retuning an old composition

[Henry Miller:]
> Over the weekend, I made a MIDI file of "The Star-Crystals
> of Telaras", which I wrote back in 1985, and played around
> with different ways of retuning it. . . . I eventually
> ended up using all but 5 of a series of 34 fifths, each
> tempered by 1/9 of a schisma. Parts of the retuned
> piece are questionable, but in other cases this tuning
> made a noticeable improvement. . . Both versions
> are up on my web page now for comparison.
> http://www.io.com/~hmiller/music/music.html

A very nice piece. I like the retuned version much
better than the 12-Eq, with one exception. The part
which I felt was the best in the piece in the 12-Eq
version, the piano arpeggio right before the trumpet
cadenza, didn't work well in the retuning. But everything
else sounded better, IMO.

The skismatic tuning gave the piece a much softer,
pretter sound.

-Monzo

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> re: Henry Miller's "The Star-Crystals of Telaras",
> http://www.io.com/~hmiller/music/music.html

After a few more listenings, I like the
29 out of 34 Skhismatic Temperament version
better all the way thru over the 12-Eq.

In addition to that piano arpeggio/trumpet
cadenza part, I was also listening particularly
for the difference in the sections from
measures 8-9 and 13-17. You used cluster-chords
here that sounded especially effective in the
12-Eq version, but I decided that the skismatic
version was better there too.

The cadenza was much better too - I could hear
the variety of interval sizes that you got
to use melodically.

Overall, there is a smoothness to the harmonic
flow in the skismatic version that is lacking
in the 12-Eq.

- Monzo
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