Re: [tuning] Digest Number 1376

Margo wrote:

> There is also the example of the peerless Monz, as educator,
> encyclopedist, very pragmatic as well as theoretically brilliant
> composer with a certain Aristoxenian touch, and cartographer of
> lattices and ratio spaces whose sonorous heraldry is most justly
> acclaimed.

I like the Monz too! "Cartographer of lattices" is great, but I think of
Monz as the _anti_-Aristoxenus. Aristoxenus spoke so disparagingly of the
theorists of his time who tried to describe musical intervals as ratios -
there's not a single ratio given for any interval, in all of his work.
Whereas Monz has come up with rational interpretations of scales that many
wouldn't dream of using a ratio-based approach with...

Best --Jon

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jon wild <wild@fas.harvard.edu>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [tuning] Digest Number 1376
>

>
> Margo wrote:
>
> > There is also the example of the peerless Monz, as educator,
> > encyclopedist, very pragmatic as well as theoretically brilliant
> > composer with a certain Aristoxenian touch, and cartographer of
> > lattices and ratio spaces whose sonorous heraldry is most justly
> > acclaimed.
>
> I like the Monz too! "Cartographer of lattices" is great, but I think of
> Monz as the _anti_-Aristoxenus. Aristoxenus spoke so disparagingly of the
> theorists of his time who tried to describe musical intervals as ratios -
> there's not a single ratio given for any interval, in all of his work.
> Whereas Monz has come up with rational interpretations of scales that many
> wouldn't dream of using a ratio-based approach with...

Thanks, Margo and Jon. Glad you both appreciate my work so much.

Indeed, my struggle to gain a "rational" understanding of
Aristoxenus's work (well, OK... Marchetto's too) is probably
the ultimate example of this approach.

It's funny how my approach is conditioned by my desire to
use my lattice diagrams and JustMusic software to help me
gain an understanding of music as perceived in ratio-space
(which McLaren sees as a pointless endeavor)... or is it
vice-versa?

Anyway, many thanks for the compliments.

-monz
http://www.monz.org
"All roads lead to n^0"

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