On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:19:38 -0400, Michal Seta wrote > "Dave Griffiths" <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I've just added scala (http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/scala/) support to my > > sequencer, and as much as I like playing in the scale of "Empirical Tibetian > > Ceremonial", I'd quite like to jam with people :) > > You mean to tell me that you actually tune to others to jam? I don't > believe you... well, no, true... but it's nice to have the option, theoretically :) > Depending on what kind of music you're doing, I found it quite > fascinating to use my microtonal guitar (some variant of just > intonation, 21 notes to the octave which was in fact made with help > of Scala) in jams with a slightly-out-tune yamaha electric piano and > gamba > (tuned to a=415Hz, baroque style). Well, sometimes we do tune down > to 415Hz but mixing tuning systems (12ET, out-of-tune 12ET, JI) is > fascinating. But then, we often avoid pitches altogether so it > doesn't matter much... I've found it really refreshing to play with this stuff. I think you can become a bit too obsessed, but it certainly makes you think a bit more about the music. dave
