lecture tomorrow

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Date:
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Time:
7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location:
IMU
Street:
1418 W. Howard St.
City/Town:
Chicago, IL

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Aaron Krister Johnson, founder of UnTwelve, will give a talk about the
fascinating nature of musical pitch, explaining some of the physics and math
behind pitch perception, as well as the relevance of this topic to
musicians, sound artists for the creation of new sound worlds, and for
audiences who want to deepen their appreciation for the experience of music.
Among the topics that will be covered will be

1) a basic explanation of sound waves;
2) a 'tour of the harmonic series';
3) a brief history of tuning in Western Music (and touching upon non-Western
influences);
4) why we have generally tended to use the modern standard of 12 semitones
per octave;
5) why generally imposing a 12-equal-notes per octave is robbing/blinding us
of our past and future beauty
6) and finally, a look at the more general possibilities and future of the
subject.
7) Q&A after the presentation!

Besides presenting the information, Aaron will share some relevant musical
examples and audio demonstrations throughout. Especially interesting will be
examples (historical, folk, and current) which go beyond the 12-note system
in beautiful, provocative, and evocative ways.

We hope to see some of you there!

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Hey Aaron,

How did it go? I wasn't able to attend (I'm stuck in Texas for a while, looks like), so are you making any part of the lecture available online for all of us?

~D. ¶¦¬{>

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Subject: [tuning] lecture tomorrow
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Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 9:04 PM

Date:
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Time:
7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location:
IMU
Street:
1418 W. Howard St.
City/Town:
Chicago, IL

View Map

Aaron Krister Johnson, founder of UnTwelve, will give a talk about the fascinating
nature of musical pitch, explaining some of the physics and math behind
pitch perception, as well as the relevance of this topic to musicians,
sound artists for the creation of new sound worlds, and for audiences
who want to deepen their appreciation for the experience of music. Among
the topics that will be covered will be

1) a basic explanation
of sound waves;
2) a 'tour of the harmonic series';
3) a brief
history of tuning in Western Music (and touching upon non-Western
influences);
4) why we have generally tended to use the modern
standard of 12 semitones per octave;
5) why generally imposing a
12-equal-notes per octave is robbing/blinding us of our past and future
beauty
6) and finally, a look at the more general possibilities and
future of the subject.
7) Q&A after the presentation!

Besides
presenting the information, Aaron will share some relevant musical
examples and audio demonstrations throughout. Especially interesting
will be examples (historical, folk, and current) which go beyond the
12-note system in beautiful, provocative, and evocative ways.

We hope to see some of you there!

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