Re: the "Partch Question"

In a message dated 10/14/99 4:46:08 PM, stearns@capecod.net wrote:

<<Q: I'm curious as to whether those here on the TD think that Harry

Partch's *MUSIC* had of a more salient impact on the alternative

tuners, or on (what I'll loosely band together and call) the DIY EMI

folks?>>

IMHO, I believe Partch is the more famous of alternative tonality
(than - say - Lou Harrison & Ivor Darreg).... but I think Partch has a
stronger following in the DIY EMI crowd [Do It Yourself Experimental
Musical Instruments crowd].
IMHO, Harrison & Darreg seem to me the more "serious" explorers
of alternative tonality systems than Partch ... & the more varied.
(these are just my subjective opinions... do not bite my poor head
off, please...)

zHANg

Zhang2323@aol.com wrote:

> IMHO, Harrison & Darreg seem to me the more "serious" explorers
> of alternative tonality systems than Partch ... & the more varied.
> (these are just my subjective opinions... do not bite my poor head
> off, please...)

As far as I can tell, Lou Harrison hasn't looked beyond
7 limit. There's a lot of his music that hasn't been recorded,
he's an extremely prolific composer. Does anybody know if
he's done anything other than 12tet, Pythagorean, 5 limit
and 7 limit tunings?

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In a message dated 10/15/99 9:01:17 AM, xouoxno@home.com wrote:

<<From: David Beardsley <xouoxno@home.com>

Zhang2323@aol.com wrote:

> IMHO, Harrison & Darreg seem to me the more "serious" explorers
> of alternative tonality systems than Partch ... & the more varied.
> (these are just my subjective opinions... do not bite my poor head
> off, please...)

As far as I can tell, Lou Harrison hasn't looked beyond
7 limit. There's a lot of his music that hasn't been recorded,
he's an extremely prolific composer. Does anybody know if
he's done anything other than 12tet, Pythagorean, 5 limit
and 7 limit tunings?>>

Lou Harrison also used various forms of gamelan scales (both slendro & pelog)
& a radical form called "Free Style"
- in which a fixed tonal centre is dispensed with, permitting
all melodic intervals to be "pure"... pitches are determined solely by
proportional relationship to preceding pitches & following pitches!!!!

zHANg