David Bruce Composer | The Trouble with 12 Tone Equal Temperament @DBruce | Uploaded February 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Most of us are only really familiar with the system of tuning known as equal temperament - the 12 notes of the piano. But there are many other systems out there, although many are now under threat as the mono-culture of equal temperament takes over the world. In this video I look at some of these 'exotic creatures' and encourage biodiversity in our musical jungle...
#intonation #tuning #equaltemperament
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(Video title originally: Why Your Music is 12 Shades of Grey)
Music:
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté live at Morgenland Festival Osnabrück
youtube.com/watch?v=vxmJCk9J5fE
Kayhan Kalhor live at Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2012
youtube.com/watch?v=m0oFdxBMs-0
Central african republic xylophone Clips:
https://videotheque.cnrs.fr/doc=865?langue=EN
Taqsim arabic oud music
youtube.com/watch?v=KyNXeCfPB2U
Kora clip:
youtube.com/watch?v=ahx3NBq6fa
Research:
Kora tuning:
kora-music.com/e/skalen.htm
simha arom, frederic voisin Experimental ethnomusicology: An interactive approach to the study of musical scales
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=f8d4AgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=equipentatonic+intonation+voisin&ots=qUoYeYeRo9&sig=TO7Wjx78_HaMbdX5HaTN3hScEA0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Theory and Technology in African music:
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=IB03DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT418&dq=equipentatonic+intonation&ots=Kji-ShKdBr&sig=SqsO5B3i2Im8ZYDCPVdSeJi8-yI#v=onepage&q=equipentatonic%20intonation&f=false
The Fuzzy Boundaries of Intonation in Maqam ... - Maqam Lessons
maqamlessons.com/analysis/media/FuzzyBoundaries_MaqamIntonation2009.pdf
Program Note to Foday Musa Susso album
https://folkways-media.si.edu/liner_notes/folkways/FW08510.pdf
Modeling Intonation in Non-Western Musical Cultures
https://honors.libraries.psu.edu/files/final_submissions/3926
Most of us are only really familiar with the system of tuning known as equal temperament - the 12 notes of the piano. But there are many other systems out there, although many are now under threat as the mono-culture of equal temperament takes over the world. In this video I look at some of these 'exotic creatures' and encourage biodiversity in our musical jungle...
#intonation #tuning #equaltemperament
Support the Channel on Patreon:
patreon.com/davidbruce
Follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/davidbruce
Follow me on Instagram:
instagram.com/davidbrucecomposer
David Bruce Composer Spotify Playlist:
tinyurl.com/y798swcy
My 2nd YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCHjcEVdMjIOOlVhtTRq4sDw
Speaking of biodiversity, please Support the Vital Work of this Amazing Rainforest Charity, that I've supported for many years:
ingafoundation.org
(Video title originally: Why Your Music is 12 Shades of Grey)
Music:
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté live at Morgenland Festival Osnabrück
youtube.com/watch?v=vxmJCk9J5fE
Kayhan Kalhor live at Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2012
youtube.com/watch?v=m0oFdxBMs-0
Central african republic xylophone Clips:
https://videotheque.cnrs.fr/doc=865?langue=EN
Taqsim arabic oud music
youtube.com/watch?v=KyNXeCfPB2U
Kora clip:
youtube.com/watch?v=ahx3NBq6fa
Research:
Kora tuning:
kora-music.com/e/skalen.htm
simha arom, frederic voisin Experimental ethnomusicology: An interactive approach to the study of musical scales
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=f8d4AgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=equipentatonic+intonation+voisin&ots=qUoYeYeRo9&sig=TO7Wjx78_HaMbdX5HaTN3hScEA0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Theory and Technology in African music:
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=IB03DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT418&dq=equipentatonic+intonation&ots=Kji-ShKdBr&sig=SqsO5B3i2Im8ZYDCPVdSeJi8-yI#v=onepage&q=equipentatonic%20intonation&f=false
The Fuzzy Boundaries of Intonation in Maqam ... - Maqam Lessons
maqamlessons.com/analysis/media/FuzzyBoundaries_MaqamIntonation2009.pdf
Program Note to Foday Musa Susso album
https://folkways-media.si.edu/liner_notes/folkways/FW08510.pdf
Modeling Intonation in Non-Western Musical Cultures
https://honors.libraries.psu.edu/files/final_submissions/3926
