Unison is obviously not an interval

So now I'm slowing down mathematics just because I state the obvious
acknowledged fact that zero is the absence of whatever it is one wishes to
count?

Figures.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@anaphoria.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 02 Mart 2006 Per�embe 19:41
Subject: [tuning] unison as an interval

> It relation to microtonality the works of Giomento Scelsi stand as an
> example of unison writing. His four pieces on a single tone ( i
> paraphrase the title as i run out the door)
> He broaden the meaning of a unison to expand beyond such mundane
> scientific definitions into something that can broaden around a single
> frequency.
> Take heavy vibrato on a tone, it is a still a tone but he frequency
> varies. His work has more to offer us than any metamathematical concept.
> Let us also remember how the Greeks rejected the idea of zero as a
> place holder , arguing that zero cannot occupy a space.
> It slowed down the mathematics for 2,000 years.
> I say the more zeros and types of zeros the better ( the Jewish
> kaballist were master of these, and have gain much by their insights) .
>
> >
> >
>
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On 3/2/06, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com> wrote:
> So now I'm slowing down mathematics just because I state the obvious
> acknowledged fact that zero is the absence of whatever it is one wishes to
> count?
>
> Figures.

This is really off-topic. I don't mind if you continue in the same
thread, but could you at least avoid starting new threads and spamming
my inbox?

Keenan