Re: To Szanto Stearns and all.

Yet again Mr. Szanto comes correct with the proper vibes.
and to Dan Stearns I realised my post was a bit specific but was trying to
illustrate that we all seem to get fired up about bickering instead of tuning
topics. So I should really ask again~
Would you tuning folks like to give some suggestions on how i may tune a JI
violin
as i am bored with my current one and will gladly accept suggestions from
violinists and theorists,composers alike!

Resonate and Extenuate
Pat

"Jonathan M. Szanto" wrote:

> From: "Jonathan M. Szanto" <jszanto@adnc.com>
>
> Gentlemen and ladies,
>
> I really had no idea the Floyd I'd cause by simply asking Paul to make
> music, which (believe it or not), I always though he did anyway -- he just
> doesn't talk about it much here! And it was only an example, as I
> occasionally through out, of how it is really *that much more satisfying*.
>
> Occasionally.
> Doesn't have to be every posting.
> Or every week or month, even.
>
> I frankly find *all* of the material worthwhile even when it isn't
> something I happen to center around. I couldn't give a flying truck about
> Periodicity Blocks, but other on the list do, and that - frankly - is what
> the list is for: matters related to alternate tunings.
>
> Some other points:
>
> ~~ Paul, I've never seen a more plainly written and personal statement from
> you, on your music-making. It should be clear evidence of your willingness
> to take the numbers into sound and form. All I hope for you is that you
> find both courage and conviction to move into non-12tet on a more regular
> basis, if only for the fact that the more of it you do the better it will
> become and the more worlds you'll explore (and maybe we'll get to share).
> And as you (Paul) said:
>
> >I'm here to share and to learn.
>
> Not that I always
> >know the truth, or am always right, but I've thought and listened hard and
> >read widely on this stuff and sometimes I will have knowledge or a point of
> >view to share. I'm here to share and to learn.
>
> ~~ To someone, somewhere, in some indigenous intonation, 12tet is an
> alternate tuning; I refuse to look down on someone because they play music
> in 12tet. Hell, that's where I make the bulk of my living, putting on the
> "tight coat and tight shoes" of the orchestral world. The only quibble I
> would have would be for that same person to completely dis some *other*
> tuning -- they all have value, somewhere, sometime.
>
> For those of us on the list, please keep in mind that email is
> excruciatingly bad at communicating tone of voice, inflection of phrases.
> Try not to take each comment as the end of the world, and for godesses'
> sake, if someone asks for clarification give it, don't just write them off.
> This is an area that I think Paul has made progress on, as well as myself.
> If a comment is truly personal in nature, take it off list; everyone's
> address is right there in the headers, and we don't need more bandwidth
> wasted on personal attacks. Tuning, numbers, music. And one other thing
> Paul said:
>
> >Sometimes I am argumentative or harsh but I believe that the truth
> >will ultimately be more beneficial than misconceptions.
>
> Truth is good, truth is best, but both facts and opinions can be phrased in
> collegial and constructive ways. You *do* have enough time in the day to be
> civil. As does every person on this list.
>
> ~~ Don't expect every question to receive an answer, at least right away:
> there may only be a few others on that topic and they might be away. And,
> for some of us that are more into music making than music theoretics, there
> is nothing breaking our collective arms and keeping us from posting on
> other topics. If the bulk of the postings are on diagrams and matrices,
> then it is because that is what people are posting about, while others sit
> on their hands.
>
> ~~ Oh, shit, that's enough from me. I felt duty-bound since I started this
> thread to respond in some manner -- it just had to come after a new hard
> disk install! Let's keep this an open forum, with lots of information
> floating around, treat everyone with respect (both as humans and
> colleagues), and return to the topic
> of ...
>
> ... what?
>
> Behave, everyone, or I won't tell you about the Harry Partch t-shirts I
> have for sale (again)......
>
> Love,
> Jon
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