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My family and I | My family and I are living near Hamburg, Germany. I am an engineer and a an amateur musician. Years ago I started some private research to find out, why the octave has historically been divided into twelve chunks of more or less the same size – so I entered the field of partials, temperament and dynamic intonation. | ||
I came across [[Bill Sethares]]’ awesome book ''Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (TTSS)''. With regard to my own experiments, certain basic aspects discussed there | I came across [[Bill Sethares]]’ awesome book ''Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (TTSS)''. With regard to my own experiments, certain basic aspects discussed there seemed familiar and I was happy to find that I was not completely on the wrong track. Today my copy of TTSS has been a true companion for almost two decades. | ||
Working with chords built from [[Overtone scales|Overtone Scales]] has always been one of my favorite playing fields. I utilize [http://nosuch.com/tjt/ Tim Thompson’s] ''KeyKit'' – a light weight and MIDI-centric programming language – for practical exploration. KeyKit realtime code controls the intonation of two prototypical electronic instruments I built: A keyboard-driven setup and a playing console that extends the concept of a pedalsteel guitar. | |||
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My first contribution to this Wiki | My first contribution to this Wiki was an article about [[Just Hammond|just intervals generated by an ancient Hammond Organ]] - you might read it with a wink... | ||
The title of the second Xenwiki page I created is [[Expanding tonal space|''Expanding tonal space'']], an article that describes useful visual arrangements of a set of overtone scales. | |||
If I have used inappropriate terminology somewhere (e.g. mode, tonic, fundamental) or you just like the concept of tonal space please leave a comment. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:15, 8 January 2025
My family and I are living near Hamburg, Germany. I am an engineer and a an amateur musician. Years ago I started some private research to find out, why the octave has historically been divided into twelve chunks of more or less the same size – so I entered the field of partials, temperament and dynamic intonation.
I came across Bill Sethares’ awesome book Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (TTSS). With regard to my own experiments, certain basic aspects discussed there seemed familiar and I was happy to find that I was not completely on the wrong track. Today my copy of TTSS has been a true companion for almost two decades.
Working with chords built from Overtone Scales has always been one of my favorite playing fields. I utilize Tim Thompson’s KeyKit – a light weight and MIDI-centric programming language – for practical exploration. KeyKit realtime code controls the intonation of two prototypical electronic instruments I built: A keyboard-driven setup and a playing console that extends the concept of a pedalsteel guitar.
Holger
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My first contribution to this Wiki was an article about just intervals generated by an ancient Hammond Organ - you might read it with a wink...
The title of the second Xenwiki page I created is Expanding tonal space, an article that describes useful visual arrangements of a set of overtone scales.
If I have used inappropriate terminology somewhere (e.g. mode, tonic, fundamental) or you just like the concept of tonal space please leave a comment.