singing JI

I recently picked up WA Mathieus' Harmonic Experience, I'd recommend it
highly. I am quite enjoying working through his exercises for learning to
sing JI over drones. What is particularly wonderful for me now as I work
through this book is that I feel as though I'm really filling in the gaps of
my understanding.

When I first encountered just and micro tunings many years ago, I jumped
right in at the deep end with books like Partchs' Genesis of Music (I read
it twice before I started to feel like I remotely got it). Although I do
understand certain concepts and math pretty well, and I've learned to play
various just intervals on slide guitar, fretless banjo and fiddle with the
help of 31 and 19 tone fretted instruments, didj and overtone singing, I
have still felt that there were deep holes in my really "getting it". This
has become more evident over the past few months reading and learning from
other peoples' wonderful posts and FAQs, many of which elicit more and more
ahas! as I read and pore over them.

Thus I recently decided it was time to go back to the beginning again, and
revisit the basics. So I bought this book. I am really enjoying studying
using it along with Hareshs' tanpura CD, also highly recommended (only
problem being that I am quite sure it would be even more fun to practice
singing with an actual tanpura, this could get expensive).

As we welcome spring (although there is little sign of it here in NH) I wish
to offer heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful teachers on this list. This
never ending learning process is what I love most about music. Since I make
my living teaching music, remembering to be a beginner again is truly
gratifying.

Seth

--
Seth Austen

http://www.sethausten.com
emails: seth@sethausten.com
klezmusic@earthlink.net

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause
and reflect."
-Mark Twain

That sounds nice seth
I have been using La Monte and Marian's release of
The Pandit Pran Nath tambouras for precisely the same vibe.
cheers

Pat Pagano, Director
South East Just Intonation Society
http://indians.australians.com/meherbaba/
http://www.screwmusicforever.com/SHREESWIFT/
----- Original Message -----
From: Seth Austen <klezmusic@earthlink.net>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: [tuning] singing JI

> I recently picked up WA Mathieus' Harmonic Experience, I'd recommend it
> highly. I am quite enjoying working through his exercises for learning to
> sing JI over drones. What is particularly wonderful for me now as I work
> through this book is that I feel as though I'm really filling in the gaps
of
> my understanding.
>
> When I first encountered just and micro tunings many years ago, I jumped
> right in at the deep end with books like Partchs' Genesis of Music (I read
> it twice before I started to feel like I remotely got it). Although I do
> understand certain concepts and math pretty well, and I've learned to play
> various just intervals on slide guitar, fretless banjo and fiddle with the
> help of 31 and 19 tone fretted instruments, didj and overtone singing, I
> have still felt that there were deep holes in my really "getting it". This
> has become more evident over the past few months reading and learning from
> other peoples' wonderful posts and FAQs, many of which elicit more and
more
> ahas! as I read and pore over them.
>
> Thus I recently decided it was time to go back to the beginning again, and
> revisit the basics. So I bought this book. I am really enjoying studying
> using it along with Hareshs' tanpura CD, also highly recommended (only
> problem being that I am quite sure it would be even more fun to practice
> singing with an actual tanpura, this could get expensive).
>
> As we welcome spring (although there is little sign of it here in NH) I
wish
> to offer heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful teachers on this list. This
> never ending learning process is what I love most about music. Since I
make
> my living teaching music, remembering to be a beginner again is truly
> gratifying.
>
> Seth
>
> --
> Seth Austen
>
> http://www.sethausten.com
> emails: seth@sethausten.com
> klezmusic@earthlink.net
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to
pause
> and reflect."
> -Mark Twain
>
>
>
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