> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 22:35:31 +0100 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > From: Barrie Heaton <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk> > Subject: Re: 15 note tunings??? > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org Barrie, I would imagine that one of the pianos was a 1/4 tone flat to other? In that case the pianist did indeed have to have their timing down. It almost seems impossible... Which reminds me of a time in SF when ACT was doing a production that included the "Devil" himself in some scenes. They wanted one piano tuned a 1/4 tone flat to play when the "Devel" was onstage or referred to. Very eerie....the switch from A440 to a 1/4 tone flat.. David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA > We did some experiments when I was at college with quarter tone tuning, > however, we used two pianos rather than just one. Apparently a lot of > early music was wrote for quarter tone. > > Perhaps that is what your jazz friend is referring too. You can get > some quite nice sounds out of this scaling if done on two pianos. The > two pianists must get there timing right, the pieces I heard played on > the two pianos at College, were specially written to demonstrate quarter > tones it was strange to the ear, but nice. One of the pieces was a jazz > piece. > > Barrie. > > In article <2.2.32.19970913221833.006b8d0c@dlcwest.com>, Don > <drose@dlcwest.com> writes > >Hi all, > > > >A jazz performer I know has been asking me about *15 note* tunings. Does > >anyone have any idea what he means??? Is it a 15 note octave system? > >Regards, > >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > >"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" > >drose@dlcwest.com > >3004 Grant Rd. > >REGINA, SK > >S4S 5G7 > >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly > URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour > The UK PIano Page | > pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED > > >
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