------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ------- Von: "Stephan Olbertz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Betreff: Re: The 'perfect' instrument? Datum: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:28:45 +0100
Dear Marion, have a look at http://www.hermode.de/ Regards, Stephan Am Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:41:01 -0800 (GMT-08:00) schrieb Dr. Marion Ceruti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello everyone, > > With today's technology, it is theoretically possible to construct a conputer- > generated instrument, such as a keyboard, that would always be in tune > in any key because the computer could be programmed to place the > Pythagorean comma always on the opposite side of the circle of 5ths > from the key in which the music is being played. The program would > adjust the tuning of each note on the fly. This would work fine for gradual > modulations, such as those of Bach or R. Strauss, notably in Death and > Transfiguration where Strauss climbs up and down the circle of fifths > gradually. It would not work very well for modern atonal music that > could swith keys abruptly to anything. In this case the program would > not be able to respond fast enough to avoid a dissonance. However, > atonal music sounds dissonant already so who would care? > > It would work for group music with voice, fretless strings and some wind > instruments that can affect small pitch changes on the fly, but for lutes > and other fretted instruments, playing with such an instrument would > pose a problem for modulation to keys distant from the starting point. > > Since it is technologically possible, is anyone aware of a case in which > this instrument has been constructed? If so, I would like to find out > how to get one. > > Cheers, > Marion > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Erstellt mit Operas revolutionärem E-Mail-Modul: http://www.opera.com/m2/
