The well-tuned Disklavier

Hi Guys,

Not to get back to music, but I mentioned the three new microtonal MP3s on my web page (http://www.kylegann.com/Gannaudio/), and I should have also mentioned that the three Disklavier pieces (Bud Ran Back Out, Nude Rolling Down an Escalator, and Folk Dance for Henry Cowell) are all played on a Disklavier tuned to Thomas Young 1799 well temperament. I wonder if I've got the only Disklavier tuned to well temperament, but maybe not.

Cheers,

Kyle

>Not to get back to music, but I mentioned the three new microtonal
>MP3s on my web page (http://www.kylegann.com/Gannaudio/),

All from your cd, I thought you said? Unlike these wackos here,
I actually buy and listen to microtonal music, such as your
excellent cd.

>and I should have also mentioned that the three Disklavier pieces
>(Bud Ran Back Out, Nude Rolling Down an Escalator, and Folk Dance
>for Henry Cowell)

Well, you said the magic words (Henry Cowell), so I guess I'm
obliged to check these out!

>are all played on a Disklavier tuned to Thomas Young 1799
>well temperament. I wonder if I've got the only Disklavier
>tuned to well temperament, but maybe not.

Definitely not.

-Carl

http://www.kylegann.com/Gannaudio.html

Wow, there's a ton of great stuff here, that apparently
isn't on your cd (you've also mentioned the magic words,
"Thelonius Monk" -- hey, what were you doing in
Lewisburg?).

I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to dl any more
of it, when I'm near a fast network.

By the way, your choice of text and background colors
makes your page hard to read.

Interestingly, I think it was your site that turned me
on to Conlon Nancarrow's work, in 1996-7ish. Thanks
for that!

-Carl

On Tuesday 14 October 2003 10:56 pm, Kyle Gann wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Not to get back to music, but I mentioned the three new microtonal
> MP3s on my web page (http://www.kylegann.com/Gannaudio/), and I
> should have also mentioned that the three Disklavier pieces (Bud Ran
> Back Out, Nude Rolling Down an Escalator, and Folk Dance for Henry
> Cowell) are all played on a Disklavier tuned to Thomas Young 1799
> well temperament. I wonder if I've got the only Disklavier tuned to
> well temperament, but maybe not.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kyle

Fantastic stuff....I absolutely LOVED "Bud Ran Back Out" in particular. You
really hit a home run with these...please, more, more, more!!!

And the Young temperament adds a wonderful shimmer, you are right. It makes
the actual digital piano timbre more interesting, and I usually tend to be
distracted by a bad digital timbre....bravo!!!

All best,
Aaron K. Johnson

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made
for man -- who has no gills. -Ambrose Bierce 'The Devils Dictionary'

>It makes
>the actual digital piano timbre more interesting,

That's not a digital piano!

-Carl

On Wednesday 15 October 2003 06:45 pm, Paul Erlich wrote:
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron K. Johnson" <akjmicro@c...>
>
> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 14 October 2003 10:56 pm, Kyle Gann wrote:
> > > Hi Guys,
> > >
> > > Not to get back to music, but I mentioned the three new microtonal
> > > MP3s on my web page (http://www.kylegann.com/Gannaudio/), and I
> > > should have also mentioned that the three Disklavier pieces (Bud
>
> Ran
>
> > > Back Out, Nude Rolling Down an Escalator, and Folk Dance for Henry
> > > Cowell) are all played on a Disklavier tuned to Thomas Young 1799
> > > well temperament. I wonder if I've got the only Disklavier tuned
>
> to
>
> > > well temperament, but maybe not.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Kyle
> >
> > Fantastic stuff....I absolutely LOVED "Bud Ran Back Out" in
>
> particular. You
>
> > really hit a home run with these...please, more, more, more!!!
> >
> > And the Young temperament adds a wonderful shimmer, you are right.
>
> It makes
>
> > the actual digital piano timbre more interesting, and I usually
>
> tend to be
>
> > distracted by a bad digital timbre....bravo!!!
> >
> > All best,
> > Aaron K. Johnson
>
> maybe you didn't know that the diskclavier is an actual, physical
> piano, like a player piano triggered by disk instead of piano roll.

Paul,

Yes I did, but I had a brainfart pre-senior moment --- oops!!!

This example shows the power of suggestion-I heard a 'digitalness' to the
sound, because in my self-hypnosis, I expected it!

Yes, thanks for the correction...I even have piano students who own them..and
in this case I just didn't make the connection. Now I will walk around caning
myself, saying:
"Diskclavier-acoustic-Diskclavier-acoustic-Diskclavier-acoustic-
Diskclavier-acoustic-Diskclavier-acoustic-Diskclavier-acoustic-
Diskclavier-acoustic"