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

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!

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
www.anaphoria.com

Joseph!
what does this mean- your publisher? does he own your music or something

Joseph Pehrson wrote:

>
> Oh, I should mention, he has done a nice job doing "compilation
> cassettes" of microtonal works. One of my pieces was accepted, but my
> publisher, an "anti-xenharmonicist" put the kabosh on it, so it was
> never included....
>
> ____________ ____ ___ __ _ _
> Joseph Pehrson

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
www.anaphoria.com

At 11:02 AM 4/15/00 -0700, you 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!

Kraig and Paul, I thank your for your recommendations of these books.
Somebody else on this list recommended Just Intonation Primer as the
starting point, but obviously it has turned out to be the _wrong_ book for
reasons we have just covered.

I apologize for ranting a bit. My original intent was just to see if my
long wait time was "normal" or not and after the responses I lost a little
control over my frustration.

Paolo