Yeh, when I was in grad school and living in a beach house with other students, one of my roommates would always leave the room when I put Harry Partch on. It just freaked him out. Will -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Doremus Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:26 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] An alternate but not quite parallel universe Hi Will, I actually discovered Harry Partch in high school in the 70's, I didn't read his book until I was in college, found it obscure, and went back to it in depth once I started working on pianos and could understand the tuning concepts. I remember reading him and Jorgensen at the same time and tuning myself multiple series of perfect intervals, just to try to see what they could sound like and what I could do with them musically on a piano. No great compositions resulted but I had a lot of fun and irritated my wife <g>. I think the meditation reference is spot on. --Dave New Orleans William Truitt wrote: > If you like Just > Intonation, try on Harry Partch for size, with pieces like "Daphne of the > Dunes", and "Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions on the Way to Barstow". > > >> >> . >> >> A piano tuning acid flashback? >> >> Will Truitt > At the risk of getting roundly abused, I really like this piece, and I'm > not alone http://melafoundation.org/quotwtp.htm but then I also enjoy > Philip Glass, Steve Reich and other 'minimalist' composers.... >
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