Re: microtonal books and albums

> [Glen Peterson, TD 391.6]
>
> Suggestions so far have been very good. I'd like to add
> "Tuning In, Microtonality in Electronic Music" by Scott R.
> Wilkinson. Simple explanations, lots of scales, some
> acoustics, some history of tuning, some instrument pictures
> and a bargain at $15! I love this book and have read
> mine so much that I'm now on my second copy!
>
> Unfortunately, it went out of print about a year ago. (sob!)
> There's probably copies floating around somewhere.
>
> It was published by Hal Leonard Books: HLB00183796,
> ISBN 0-88188-633-5

This book is readily available in most libraries (at least
around here), along with the _Just Intonation Primer_,
_Genesis of a Music_, and _Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale_.

Wilkinson's book is pretty good for a breif 'pop' introduction
to microtonality. But beware of errors: I uncovered one
last year in his tabulation of Werkmeister III well-temperament.
It was posted to the Mills College Tuning List back around May
or June of 1998.

David Beardsley's _Juxtaposition_ e-zine website has reviews
of lots of microtonal CDs and concerts.

-monz

Joseph L. Monzo Philadelphia monz@juno.com
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/homepage.html
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