Re: [LAU] Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty--musicisjustone path

On 4/5/07, Florian Schmidt <mista.tapas@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 April 2007, Florian Schmidt wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 April 2007, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:34:23PM -0400, Charles Linart wrote:
> > > > There are 12 frequencies of sound that are recognized by the human ear
> > > > as musical notes.
> > >
> > > That's completely wrong. Your recognise notes because you have been
> > > conditioned for them. It could be any set of frequencies.
> >
> > I don't think so. Though the frequency relations used in the scales all
> > over this world might differ, almost all do have some relation to the
> > natural harmonic series..
> >
> > So the details might differ, but the big picture is the same :)
>
> Btw: i do not want to imply that it is impossible to make music with pitch
> collections that don't resemble any known scale based on harmonics..

Easley Blackwood put out an album in the 80's of songs in all of the
equal temperaments from 13 to 24. It was pretty boring and has been
almost entirely forgotten.

-Chuckk

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