SV: Question regarding Well Temp. Tuning

[Linda Stråhle]

Hello Ed!
You were mentioning Charles Ives,and Young.
I just love Charles Ives...
Have you heard the quarter-tone pieces for two pianos he wrote??
I can really recommand it.
For me, it is the most relaxing for my ears after a day struggeling with tuning equal temperament.

greeetings,

Linda Stråhle
SPTF
Malmoe ,Sweden 
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Subject: Re: Question regarding Well Temp. Tuning


> Larry writes:
> <<   Do modern composers chose to compose in ET, or if
> they want to compose in one of the HTs do they specify which one? >>
> 
>  Greetings, 
>       As yet, it appears that composers of today are unaware of anything 
> besides what they have been brought up in.  Lamonte Young did produce "The 
> Well Tuned Piano",  but that is a very rare exception.  The harmonic tangents 
> represented by others, (Ives, Partch, etc.) have been admirable, but little 
> noticed.   
>      This will change, as tonality never really went away.  The return to 
> tonally centered tuning schemes is happening, now, and I happily assume that 
> the music of the 21st century will occur in a variety of tunings.  Hope so,  
> since no one tuning does everything well. 
> Regards, 
> Ed Foote RPT
> 
> P.S.  today, the homeowner with the Steinway D in his living room asked me to 
> go farther back than the Victorian he had grown used to.  I tuned his piano 
> in a Young, explaining that there were even heavier gradations available, but 
> the balance on the Young was regarded as perfect.  As soon as he played it, 
> he said, "I love this, can you come back tomorrow and go even farther back?!!!
>     I told him to explore the one he had until the weather changed, then we 
> go meet Mr. Kirnberger. 
>