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>"Big Crunch" nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> In the manual it states that just 1 teacher of God is needed to save
>> the world.
>>
>> Does...

> Stephen Calder in.com.au> wrote in
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>> Gene Ward Smith wrote:

>>> Stephen Calder in.com.au> wrote in news:465f786d$1
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>>>> What's the aim of studying tuning theory? Working out new ways to
>>>> tune?

>>> I use it in the music I compose. But I find it interesting that so
>>> much rather heavy-duty math (eg mulitlinear algebra or the Riemann
>>> zeta function ) turns out to be relevant in one way or another. It's
>>> interesting as a place to apply mathematics.
>>>

>> What instrument(s) do you compose on or for?
>>

>
> Computers. That way I can actually get it to do what I want.
> ...

> Gene Ward Smith wrote:

>> Stephen Calder in.com.au> wrote in news:465f786d$1
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>>> What's the aim of studying tuning theory? Working out new ways to
>>> tune?

>>
>> I use it in the music I compose. But I find it interesting that so
>> much rather heavy-duty math (eg mulitlinear algebra or the Riemann
>> zeta function ) turns out to be relevant in one way or another. It's
>> interesting as a place to apply mathematics.
>>

>
> What instrument(s) do you compose on or for?
>

> "Christopher A.Lee" optonline.net> wrote in message
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> | On Thu, 31 May 2007 16:37:29 GMT, "Benjamin" verizon.net>| wrote:
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> |
> | >"Christopher A.Lee" optonline.net> wrote in message
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> | >| On Thu, 31 May 2007 14:00:13 GMT, "Benjamin" verizon.net>| >| wrote:
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> | >| >"Martin Phipps" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> | >| >news:1180609724.970600.240500@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> | >| >On May 31, 4:36 pm, A bc.com> wrote:
> | >| >|> Get rid of the mirrors.
> | >| >|
> | >| >|Proof God doesn't exist
> | >| >
> | >| >I'm going to read your long post, ...

> Stephen Calder in.com.au> wrote in news:465f786d$1
> @news.eftel.com.au:
>

>> What's the aim of studying tuning theory? Working out new ways to tune?

>
> I use it in the music I compose. But I find it interesting that so much
> rather heavy-duty math (eg mulitlinear algebra or the Riemann zeta function
> ) turns out to be relevant in one way or another. It's interesting as a
> place to apply mathematics.
>

> What's the aim of studying tuning theory? Working out new ways to tune?

> "Nancy" wrote in message >>

>>> So no one yet who has spoken up,
>>> feels like they have "passed" the course.
>>> Some even appear to balk at the idea.
>>> Even though there are suggestions
>>> that point to this, and the book says
>>> the above in the last lessons.

>

>> I feel I've "passed the course," and I think
>> that there are others here who feel that way,
>> as well. I just don't see "passing the course"
>> as indicating superior knowledge or as being
>> the end of a process. I see it as a beginning.

>

>> The course itself says, "This course will
>> LEAD to knowledge, but knowledge itself
>> is still beyond the scope of our curriculum.
>> Nor is there any need for us to try to speak
>> of what must forever lie beyond words." ...

>"Christopher A.Lee" optonline.net> wrote in message
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>| On Thu, 31 May 2007 16:37:29 GMT, "Benjamin" verizon.net>
>| wrote:
>|
>| >"Christopher...

> Stephen Calder in.com.au> wrote in
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>> Gene Ward Smith wrote:

>>> Stephen Calder in.com.au> wrote in
>>> news:465f635b@news.eftel.com.au:
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>>>> So tuning theory looks at the physics of sound frequencies and their
>>>> interaction?

>>> No, it mostly looks at the mathematics of tunings according to such
>>> factors as how well they accomodate small integer ratios. For
>>> instance, dividing the octave (an exact 2) into 12 equal parts
>>> produces something close to a 3/2, and more or less close to a 5/4,
>>> and equates 81/80 to a unison (1.) This is important for music of the
>>> Western common practice period, and popular music today. It's been
>>> the standard tuning for over a century, and for a century before
>>> that, it was approximately the standard. However older composers such
>>> as Mozart, Bach etc. didn't use it.

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