Fwd: Re: FOT question for Paul

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph Pehrson" <jpehrson@r...>
wrote:
--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <PERLICH@A...> wrote:

/metatuning/topicId_5640.html#5656

> well, the amount of "usable" material, as well as the amount of
hand-
> holding through the theoretical development, will be far greater in
> the actual completed work. this, as stated on the front cover and
> again on the first page, is a *preview*, and as it suggests just
> below the copyright, the future work will be far less concise.
>
> but yes, this is a *theory* paper, showing for one thing how i
> conceive of the diatonic scale, and doing so from a decidedly _1/1_-
> like standpoint. the next few sections beyond this "preview" would
> show further examples (beyond the decatonic one) of how the
diatonic
> concept can be generalized, leading to other systems
with "naturals"
> and "accidentals" such as negri's (which he used for 19-equal),
> herman miller's "porcupine" system, the "pelogic" one which
reflects
> how wilson and others conceive of that balinese system, schismic
> systems such as wilson-17 (the medieval arabic system), helmholtz-
24,
> white-29, and groven-36, of course blackjack, etc., also my "double-
> diatonic" or "injera" system, even systems familiar from 12-equal
> like the diminished scale . . . so a big book of microtonal pitch
> systems, each presented in various ji and tempered forms, all
derived
> from a single theoretical concept, which, if understood (even
> partially), can only help a musician put these systems into
practice.
>
> of course, i rate intuition far higher than any theoretical
knowledge
> when it comes to making music. but the latter has a way of seeping
> into the former, and that's what i'm hoping to help feed. if
nothing
> else, it will be of interest from a purely theoretical standpoint,
> and given the amount of literature that already exists in this
area,
> i feel a strong need to present *my* way of tying together the
> various theoretical threads out there into a single "story" of
> how "tonal" pitch systems arise. which, though it may be presented
> too concisely here, i feel is more simple, reasonable, and true
than
> any other such "story" i've come across.
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***Paul... if you get a chance, I would copy some of this material
over to the *main* Tuning List, since it *is* about tuning. And, it
might be valuable for people searching for material related to the
_Forms of Tonality_.

J. Pehrson
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