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You know, there's an awful lot of real intelligent folks here, and there is indeed useful info to pick up...that being said, it's pretty advanced, for the most part, has a lot of math involved, and will most likely never appeal to a large group of people; and nothing wrong with that, either. I myself am more interested in reaching people who have little or no knowledge of tunings; and that's not so hard to do. First, it's important to realize that many, if not most, musicians know next to nothing about tuning, so you gotta start with real basic concepts....but, I've also found that most people are pretty intrigued by the idea of different tuning systems, once they find out they even exist. But, there's a big step between being interested, and actually taking the time and energy to play in other systems...as I've heard many musicians say, "I have enough problems with 12 tones." True enough; and add in the considerable time it takes for a serious study of tuning, and that's gonna lose a lot of folks right there.
But, I'm also finding a lot if interest in tuning from musicians all over the world, and that's a promising sign. Some are actually getting axes made, ordering books, and who knows where they will go from there....but, there's a lot more interest than there was 20 years ago, when I got started. Hopefully, that is a trend that will continue...best..Hstick

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Ditto concerning the increased interest in tuning theory, microtonal instruments, etc.
 
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Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 3:16 PM

   You know, there's an awful lot of real intelligent folks here, and there is indeed useful info to pick up...that being said, it's pretty advanced, for the most part, has a lot of math involved, and will most likely never appeal to a large group of people; and nothing wrong with that, either. I myself am more interested in reaching people who have little or no knowledge of tunings; and that's not so hard to do. First, it's important to realize that many, if not most, musicians know next to nothing about tuning, so you gotta start with real basic concepts.... but, I've also found that most people are pretty intrigued by the idea of different tuning systems, once they find out they even exist. But, there's a big step between being interested, and actually taking the time and energy to play in other systems...as I've heard many musicians say, "I have enough problems with 12 tones." True enough; and add in the considerable time it takes for a
serious study of tuning, and that's gonna lose a lot of folks right there.
   But, I'm also finding a lot if interest in tuning from musicians all over the world, and that's a promising sign. Some are actually getting axes made, ordering books, and who knows where they will go from there....but, there's a lot more interest than there was 20 years ago, when I got started. Hopefully, that is a trend that will continue...best. .Hstick
 
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