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Re: Quarter-tones
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Han-Wen Nienhuys |
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Re: Quarter-tones |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:57:20 +0200 |
address@hidden writes:
> Well, I don't think people will start mumbling about 1/3 sharps really
> fast, because as far as my knowledge goes, that's pretty hard to
> achieve...(correct me if I'm wrong - I'm only a simple composer molesting
> the piano all day..! ;)
> But I would recommend the quarter-tone system used in atonal music for
> woodwinds (considered by Kurt Stone in 'Music Notation in the 20th Century'
> Han-Wen, I expect that you're in posession of 'Music Notation in the 20th
> Century' by Kurt Stone, since you mentioned it in your bibliography list.
> If so, I'd recommend (if you haven't already done so) to read page 68-69 to
> see what Stone wrote about it. In case you don't have the book (and for
> others who are interested), I'll scan the pages and put up a link sometime
> today.
The point isn't what symbols to use (designing them isn't so
difficult), but how to represent them internally. If we change that,
we will break a lot Scheme and C++ code. That is is inevitable, but
I'd rather get it right for once and for all.
--
Han-Wen Nienhuys | address@hidden | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
- Quarter-tones, Thorkil Wolvendans, 2003/09/16
- Re: Quarter-tones, Peter Lutek, 2003/09/17
- Re: Quarter-tones, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2003/09/17
- Re: Quarter-tones, Peter Lutek, 2003/09/17
- Re: Quarter-tones, Thorkil Wolvendans, 2003/09/18