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My family and I | My family and I live near Hamburg, Germany. I am an engineer and an amateur musician. Years ago I started doing some private research to find out, why the octave has historically been divided into twelve chunks of more or less the same size. That's how I entered the field of partials, temperament and dynamic intonation. | ||
I came across [[Bill Sethares]] | I came across [[Bill Sethares]]’s awesome book, ''Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (TTSS)''. Regarding my own experiments, certain basic aspects discussed in the book seemed familiar and I was happy to find that I was not completely off 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 | 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 lightweight, 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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Latest revision as of 11:21, 1 January 2026
My family and I live near Hamburg, Germany. I am an engineer and an amateur musician. Years ago I started doing some private research to find out, why the octave has historically been divided into twelve chunks of more or less the same size. That's how I entered the field of partials, temperament and dynamic intonation.
I came across Bill Sethares’s awesome book, Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (TTSS). Regarding my own experiments, certain basic aspects discussed in the book seemed familiar and I was happy to find that I was not completely off 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 lightweight, 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.