Re: Xenharmonic Vocals - approach

Chris:
My suggestion would be to proceed in a way like percussionists
learn hairy polyrhythms - start with big clunky ones and slowly
learn in-between steps later.

Meaning this (for example):

practice singing arpeggiated major thirds
then minor thirds
then 5- TET !
then 6- TET, 8 - TET, etc.
then create scales, 2-step size types.

I have heard Johnny Reinhard do a very fast
demonstration similar to this - and it's astounding:

He first sings a descending 5 - TET chromatic scale
(one octave)
Then does the same, filling in-between notes: 10- TET
Then does the same again, filling in-between those,
resulting in a 20-Tone chromatic scale. The point
being made, of course, that the exercise starts
with a simple 5-equal scale.

Chris Miller wrote:

> I'm trying figure out effective way's to discern and memorize non 12 eq, and
> non just intervals when singing.
>
> --

Richard A. Sanford Ph.D.
Manhattan

Thanks. I've found discerning non 12 or non just intervals in my singing
difficult. I'll practice this.

>===== Original Message From tuning@onelist.com =====
>From: Rick Sanford <rsanf@pais.org>
>
>Chris:
>My suggestion would be to proceed in a way like percussionists
>learn hairy polyrhythms - start with big clunky ones and slowly
>learn in-between steps later.
>
>Meaning this (for example):
>
>practice singing arpeggiated major thirds
>then minor thirds
>then 5- TET !
>then 6- TET, 8 - TET, etc.
>then create scales, 2-step size types.
>
>I have heard Johnny Reinhard do a very fast
>demonstration similar to this - and it's astounding:
>
>He first sings a descending 5 - TET chromatic scale
>(one octave)
>Then does the same, filling in-between notes: 10- TET
>Then does the same again, filling in-between those,
>resulting in a 20-Tone chromatic scale. The point
>being made, of course, that the exercise starts
>with a simple 5-equal scale.
>
>
>Chris Miller wrote:
>
>> I'm trying figure out effective way's to discern and memorize non 12 eq,
and
>> non just intervals when singing.
>>
>> --
>
>Richard A. Sanford Ph.D.
>Manhattan
>
>
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