Gamelan Tunings

[Dennis Johnson]

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That sounds like something I heard Owen Jorgensen talking about once. If
so, it's definitely not a simple tune the first time.  If you are really
interested and serious about it, I would probably give him a call for
imput. Otherwise- ........."wing it".
They know the request is way out there going into it, which should imply
some flexibility.

Dennis Johnson
St. Olaf College
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Otto Keyes wrote:

> Unless these things are incredibly well crafted, I think you will find
> the tuning anything but "standard", even within the prescribed
> tunings/tempraments.  I would doubt that in the final analysis there
> will be little to be gained by investing a great deal of worry in the
> process.  Do your homework, tune your best, & let the gamelan sound
> where it may.  Where/how it is struck, mallets used, etc., will alter
> the pitch significantly from its original, out-of-tune state, so I
> don't think I'd sweat it much.  Chock it up to creative dissonance.
> :-) Otto
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Mitch Staples
>      To: College and University Technicians
>      Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:04 AM
>      Subject: Gamelan Tunings
>       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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