72 tet guitar

Just a quick reflection in case anyone hadn't noticed.

I remember a correspondence with Wim Hoogewerf in which he explained how
to play 72 tet on a standard 12 tet guitar ; six similar gauge strings
tuned 1/6 of a 12 tet semitone apart. That gives you one octave. I
haven't tried it (yet) so I can't tell how Blackjack chords would lay
out. It's on the 'to do' list.

You could of course use two, three or six guitars for more elaborate
options and orchestrations. Personally I would compose away from a
guitar and then 'allocate' melodies, ostinatos and chords to the various
guitars. This set up would lend itself particularly well to hockett and
klangfarbenmelodien. Could be quite spectacular in performance.

Kind Regards

----- Original Message -----
From: Alison Monteith <alison.monteith3@which.net>

> You could of course use two, three or six guitars for more elaborate
> options and orchestrations.

Didn't James Tenney do something like this with 72tet?

* David Beardsley
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--- In tuning@y..., Alison Monteith <alison.monteith3@w...> wrote:
> Just a quick reflection in case anyone hadn't noticed.
>
> I remember a correspondence with Wim Hoogewerf in which he
explained how
> to play 72 tet on a standard 12 tet guitar ; six similar gauge
strings
> tuned 1/6 of a 12 tet semitone apart. That gives you one octave. I
> haven't tried it (yet) so I can't tell how Blackjack chords would
lay
> out.

Most of them would be impossible to play.

--- In tuning@y..., "David Beardsley" <davidbeardsley@b...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alison Monteith <alison.monteith3@w...>
>
> > You could of course use two, three or six guitars for more
elaborate
> > options and orchestrations.
>
> Didn't James Tenney do something like this with 72tet?

Yes -- he's written for six guitars, and for six harps -- each
instrument is tuned to 12-tET within itself, but the instruments are
1/12-tone apart from one another, hence giving the full 72-tET. Dan
Stearns had a link to one of these Tenney pieces -- Dan?

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Erlich <paul@stretch-music.com>

> --- In tuning@y..., "David Beardsley" <davidbeardsley@b...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alison Monteith <alison.monteith3@w...>
> >
> > > You could of course use two, three or six guitars for more
> elaborate
> > > options and orchestrations.
> >
> > Didn't James Tenney do something like this with 72tet?
>
> Yes -- he's written for six guitars, and for six harps -- each
> instrument is tuned to 12-tET within itself, but the instruments are
> 1/12-tone apart from one another, hence giving the full 72-tET. Dan
> Stearns had a link to one of these Tenney pieces -- Dan?

I think that's where I heard about this (from Dan).

http://www.oodiscs.com/oo36.html

And maybe this:

http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/38/seth_josel_guitar.html

* David Beardsley
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--- In tuning@y..., "David Beardsley" <davidbeardsley@b...> wrote:

> And maybe this:
>
> http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/38/seth_josel_guitar.html

Yes -- "Water on the Mountain" is the one.