Bill, I agree wholeheartedly. How many of us own any recordings of 12 tone music? How many of us own many examples of whole tone music by Ravel or Debussy? Whole tone tuning can keep your ear and mind far fresher for this intensly repetitious, but extremely precise work. Roger Hayden On Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:41:58 EST Billbrpt@AOL.COM writes: > Very interesting post, Roger. Jim Coleman RPT was the one I learned > about > whole steps from but I don't think he uses them much anymore. I'd > much > rather pitch raise in whole steps. Regarding the feeling of tension > that > tuning chromatically brings on, doesn't it seem plausible that the > chromatic > scale is more stress invoking than the whole step scale? It would > be in > music and since you do hear this chromatic scale time after time, it > would > seem that it could get to you. The whole tone scale has an entirely > > different mood to it. > Regards, > > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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