Re: [tuning] Doty's Doldrums [not getting it]

Joseph Pehrson wrote,

> It used to be more punctual than it is presently, but what of it??
He's still trying to do a VERY niche item

I think he's always been pretty selective (and I believe this is a
very good thing) about what he chooses to publish as well.

> Maybe he's sick or something or got thrown out of his job??

I wonder if the continuing proliferation of email forums like this one
has had any impact on such "niche items" like 1/1? I'd be really
surprised if it didn't...

> One of my pieces was accepted, but my publisher, an
"anti-xenharmonicist" put the kabosh on it, so it was never
included....

Really? Must be some other reason besides its detwelveulation! Maybe
not... Ugh.

Dan

Kraig Grady wrote,

> Sometimes it is dangerous to be introduced to a subject through any
singular view.

Boy do I agree with this! A publication like 1/1 is very specific in
its focus - which is fine, but I surely wouldn't want anyone who's new
to the subject to think that that particular perspective is all there
is to "it."

> I can not think of a subject more than ours, that requires a viewing
from as many different angles. Start at the top and work your way
down!

Sounds like good advice to me.

Dan

Kraig Grady wrote,

>Tuners!
> I agree with Paul Erlich in his recommendations of books

>Genesis of a music-Partch
>On the sensation of a tone- Helmholtz

>Following these you have the works of Fokker, Mandlebaum, Yasser, Chalmers,
and of course the Wilson

>These would give one a well rounded grasp of the subject. Sometimes it is
dangerous to be introduced to a subject >through any singular view. I can
not think of a subject more than ours, that requires a viewing from as many
>different angles. Start at the top and work your way down!

Yasser's book is of course not a useful work for learning about Just
Intonation. But I agree that one needs many different angles, so one should
be aware of some of the difficulties that come up when using Just Intonation
for certain styles of music -- Blackwood's _Structure of Recognizable
Diatonic Tunings_ nicely lays some of those out.