Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Microtones

This interesting Slate article on tuning conventions through history had a number of comments from tuning geeks. One is in an improvisational microtonal collective; a video is below. To me, after less than a minute of listening, it just sounds out of tune. Maybe more exposure could help. But there's gotta be a limit; 12 tones per octave might be too few, but 200 (!) sure seems like too many.

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