bms concerts

Tuning People: The schedule for the Boston Microtonal Society's spring concerts in
Boston and New York is now up on the BMS website.

http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/OpeningFrameset.html

-Julia Werntz

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "jwerntz2002 <juliawerntz@a...>" <juliawernt=
z@a...> wrote:
> Tuning People: The schedule for the Boston Microtonal Society's spring co=
ncerts in
> Boston and New York is now up on the BMS website.
>
> http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/OpeningFrameset.html

I found this on the page:

If we consider this second, more general application, we can easily see tha=
t there are a variety of artistic, theoretical and philosophical channels th=
rough which musicians may be drawn to those "other intervals." As a result t=
here are a few different disciplines, only loosely inter-related, all of whi=
ch may fall into the category "microtonality." These include:

• the practice of simply adding pitches to 12-note equal temperament (most =
often through microtonal equal temperaments such as 24-note (quarter-tones),=
36-note (sixth-tones), 48-note, 72-note, 96-note, etc.)
• contemporary pure tuning methods such as the various modern forms of just=
intonation, Pythagorean and mean-tone tunings
• historically accurate tunings of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Class=
ical pieces
• the study of non-Western tuning systems

What in the world is a pure tuning method? It seems to me this bullet could=
be split in two, as rational intonation and tempered tunings.

Paul, are you going to go to some of these and report back?

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith <genewardsmith@j...>"

/tuning/topicId_41845.html#41846

<genewardsmith@j...> wrote:
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "jwerntz2002 <juliawerntz@a...>"
<juliawernt=
> z@a...> wrote:
> > Tuning People: The schedule for the Boston Microtonal Society's
spring co=
> ncerts in
> > Boston and New York is now up on the BMS website.
> >
> > http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/OpeningFrameset.html
>
> I found this on the page:
>
> If we consider this second, more general application, we can easily
see tha=
> t there are a variety of artistic, theoretical and philosophical
channels th=
> rough which musicians may be drawn to those "other intervals." As a
result t=
> here are a few different disciplines, only loosely inter-related,
all of whi=
> ch may fall into the category "microtonality." These include:
>
> • the practice of simply adding pitches to 12-note equal
temperament (most =
> often through microtonal equal temperaments such as 24-note
(quarter-tones),=
> 36-note (sixth-tones), 48-note, 72-note, 96-note, etc.)
> • contemporary pure tuning methods such as the various modern
forms
of just=
> intonation, Pythagorean and mean-tone tunings
> • historically accurate tunings of Medieval, Renaissance,
Baroque
and Class=
> ical pieces
> • the study of non-Western tuning systems
>
> What in the world is a pure tuning method? It seems to me this
bullet could=
> be split in two, as rational intonation and tempered tunings.
>
> Paul, are you going to go to some of these and report back?

***Didn't we kinda do this when we discussed Julia's dissertation way
back when? Maybe Gene wasn't on the list at this point... ??

(Hate to relive all the "fun" again...)

J. Pehrson