Gamelan Tunings

fssturm@unm.edu fssturm@unm.edu
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:54:30 -0700


    This web-site might help lead to what you need: http://www.justintonation.net/
other.html
   It has a section on Lou Harrison, as well as more tuning/microtonal composers 
than I knew existed. (Well, I did know there were lots of them out there, but had 
never seen so many names in one place).
Hope it helps,
Regards,
Fred Sturm

Quoting Mitch Staples <staples.13@osu.edu>:

> In a couple of weeks I will be tuning a piano that will be used in a
> concerto for piano with Javanese Gamelan composed by Lou Harrison. 
> I
> understand that there are at least two standard tunings (I assume
> they mean
> temperaments) for Javanese Gamelan, Slendro and Pelog.  I was
> supposed to
> get instructions for this special tuning but it looks like I'm going
> to have
> to wing it.
> 
> Has any one tuned for this piece?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Mitch Staples
> 
> 

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