Car horns and high third

>From: "Gerald Eskelin" <stg3music@earthlink.net>
>
>My god, John. That's it!!! I grew up in Detroit. No wonder my ear is fixated
>on the 7:9 third. Evidently, I was startled at a young age hearing a Chevy
>horn in one ear and a large truck blasting a 2:3 in the other. It really had
>nothing to do with my high school choral teacher warming up the group
>building major triads a cappella. Besides, all those other kids in the choir
>grew up in the Detroit area and were likely similarly infected. ;-)

Jerry,

I'm not sure if you're joking or serious or both (probably both). I've done
some more experimenting with my guitar and found that although 9/7 makes an
interesting major third in a triad, it doesn't do the job in a major 7th
chord. If the 7th is 3/2 relative to the major third, then the 7th is 27/14
relative to the root, implying the small interval of 28/27 between the
upper octave of the root and the 7th. The chord 14:18:21:27 sounds
terrible, with none of the beauty of 8:10:12:15.

By any chance does the CD that comes with your book "The Sounds of Music:
Perception and Notation" have any major thirds on it?

John Link

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There is an amusing transcription for "Car Horn Organ" of "New York, New York" on "Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones", Ellipsis Arts CD 3530, which comes with a full sized paperback book featuring not only the composers on its 18 tracks but others as well. That piece is only a minute and 23 seconds, the shortest on the disc. It also includes a 4:11 excerpt from Partch's "And on the Seventh Day, Petals Fell in Petaluma" and Clara Rockmore playing Saint-Saens "The Swan" on a Theremin (from the Delos CD, "The Art of the Theremin").
Should you have difficulty locating a copy of this CD or want a copy of their catalog, write or call Ellipsis Arts, P.O. Box 305, Roslyn, NY 11576; 1-800-788-6670 or email: elliarts@aol.com

>>> John Link <johnlink@con2.com> 01/04 12:20 AM >>>
From: johnlink@con2.com (John Link)

>From: "Gerald Eskelin" <stg3music@earthlink.net>
>
>My god, John. That's it!!! I grew up in Detroit. No wonder my ear is fixated
>on the 7:9 third. Evidently, I was startled at a young age hearing a Chevy
>horn in one ear and a large truck blasting a 2:3 in the other. It really had
>nothing to do with my high school choral teacher warming up the group
>building major triads a cappella. Besides, all those other kids in the choir
>grew up in the Detroit area and were likely similarly infected. ;-)

Jerry,

I'm not sure if you're joking or serious or both (probably both). I've done
some more experimenting with my guitar and found that although 9/7 makes an
interesting major third in a triad, it doesn't do the job in a major 7th
chord. If the 7th is 3/2 relative to the major third, then the 7th is 27/14
relative to the root, implying the small interval of 28/27 between the
upper octave of the root and the 7th. The chord 14:18:21:27 sounds
terrible, with none of the beauty of 8:10:12:15.

By any chance does the CD that comes with your book "The Sounds of Music:
Perception and Notation" have any major thirds on it?

John Link

****************************************************************************

Watch for the CD "Live at Saint Peter's" by the JOHN LINK VOCAL QUINTET,
featuring original compositions as well as arrangements of instrumental
music by Brahe and Taylor, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Claude Debussy, Bill
Evans, Ennio and Andrea Morricone, Modeste Mussorgsky, Erik Satie, and Earl
Zindars.

****************************************************************************

Check out www.DUESBERG.COM for information that could make the difference
between life and death for you or someone you know.

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