On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, David Tayler wrote: > Although there are sources, it is very scattered....but the good news > is you can get a real feeling for the basics just by sightsinging in > hexachords using mutation. By duplicating the standard renaissance > training for musicians, you quickly start to see the patterns. > Definitely the place to start. > > Unfortunately the info on mutation is overly complicated, the system > I use is perhaps oversimplistic. > > 1. Read ahead (terrific training) > 2. e-f is mi fa > 3. make any half steps mi fa > 4. always mutate on a step (some exceptions) or the easiest interval to sing. > This sounds like a recipe even a simple-minded physicist like me could follow. As good old Niels Bohr said, clarity and truth are mutually exclusive -- he actually used the term complementary in a technical sense, but "mutually exclusive" is clearer even if slighly inconsistent with the truth.
For now and me oversimplicity is fine; let the truth be damned! I'll try your system. Thank you very much! Peter. the next auto-quote is: The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages and equally open one. (Toni Morrisson) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
