Theories of Tuning

Do you ever feel as though you are in a dark tunnel which doesn't
actually end up anywhere?

Thank you

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "d37iiix" <d37iiix@...> wrote:
>
> Do you ever feel as though you are in a dark tunnel which doesn't
> actually end up anywhere?
>
> Thank you

Yes indeed, that's the dreaded Mobius Tooning-Insanity Loop -- a sure
sign that one has imbibed toxic quantities of "just intonation and
integer mumbo-jumbo". In that way lies madness.

The plenitude of possible pitches (say that 3 times in rapid
succession!) lying between 1/1 and 2/1 can be a bit much to deal with;
"theories of tuning" attempt to bring some kind of order to that chaos.

Alas and alackaday, one man's theory is another man's poison, or
something like that. Which is why I have no actual "theory of tuning"
per se, relying instead on my ears and an esthetic of composition to
guide me in making my tuning choices.

jls

On 7/31/07, J.Smith <jsmith9624@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Yes indeed, that's the dreaded Mobius Tooning-Insanity Loop -- a sure
> sign that one has imbibed toxic quantities of "just intonation and
> integer mumbo-jumbo". In that way lies madness.
>
> The plenitude of possible pitches (say that 3 times in rapid
> succession!) lying between 1/1 and 2/1 can be a bit much to deal with;
> "theories of tuning" attempt to bring some kind of order to that chaos.
>
> Alas and alackaday, one man's theory is another man's poison, or
> something like that. Which is why I have no actual "theory of tuning"
> per se, relying instead on my ears and an esthetic of composition to
> guide me in making my tuning choices.

My colleague Alice (who's in the same LIGO summer program as me) says
you're her new hero.

Keenan

"My colleague Alice (who's in the same LIGO summer program as me) says
you're her new hero.

Keenan"

"In the future, everyone will be a hero for 15 seconds."

-- Andy Warhol's toupee

"We don't need another hero."

-- Tina Turner, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome"

:-D

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "d37iiix" <d37iiix@...> wrote:
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> Do you ever feel as though you are in a dark tunnel which doesn't
> actually end up anywhere?

Never once. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Of course, there's always someone pleading "don't walk toward the
light!) so....

>
> Thank you
>

You're welcome.

Hi cameron

But i think Tuning is like a very old cave ending in many tunnels which every one can choice one of them.i have one and you will find another , the may have some links to each other but may be no relations between some others , so i want to find virgin tunnels.

Shaahin Mohajeri

Tombak Player & Researcher , Microtonal Composer

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From: tuning@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tuning@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cameron Bobro
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 3:01 PM
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [tuning] Re: Theories of Tuning

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com <mailto:tuning%40yahoogroups.com> , "d37iiix" <d37iiix@...> wrote:
>
> Do you ever feel as though you are in a dark tunnel which doesn't
> actually end up anywhere?

Never once. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Of course, there's always someone pleading "don't walk toward the
light!) so....

>
> Thank you
>

You're welcome.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Mohajeri Shahin" <shahinm@...> wrote:

> so i want to find virgin tunnels.

:-D

Like many other tuning freaks, I'd be happy just to rediscover
Atlantis, hahaha! Actually, for better or worse, I don't have time to
seperate theory and practice, so I have to let the cards fall as they
may as far as "new" or "old".

-Cameron Bobro