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'''Dawson Berry''', otherwise known by the pseudonym | {{See also|User:Aura}} | ||
'''Dawson Berry''', otherwise known by the pseudonym '''Aura''', is a composer and partially self-taught music theorist who got his start in microtonality in the year 2014, with the song "[[:File:Folly of a Drunk.mp3|Folly of a Drunk]]" and got started with his concept of "Treble Down Tonality" a year earlier in the year 2013. Although he is in many respects classical-minded for a microtonal composer, he is a pioneer in the realm of Microtonality who likes to to explore intervals and temperaments where few have explored before, and to find the beauty in intervals that other music theorists have overlooked, ignored, or dismissed. | |||
In line with this, he is an advocate for the usage of [[27/16]] as the major sixth above the Tonic in Just [[5-limit]] diatonic scales in place of [[5/3]] on account of his belief that while intervals with small rational ratios between the right two notes can establish tonal stability, intervals with small rational ratios between the wrong two notes in a scale can destroy a sense of tonal stability. Perhaps notoriously, he is also an advocate for the deliberate usage of the [[40/27]] grave fifth in composition when not working with [[meantone]], as he would argue that it is a distinct interval in its own right with its own distinct role and properties as opposed to simply being a mere poor-quality knock-off of the more well-known [[3/2]] perfect fifth. In addition, he seeks both acoustic and mathematical bases for the familiar diatonic scale, and is convinced on some level that Ionian, Dorian, Phygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian should all be separated into their own distinct scales with their own modes due to each having different tunings in which they best exhibit tonal stability. On the other hand, Aura has significant interest in [[159edo]], which he uses for composition due to its near-perfect approximation of the 2.3.11 subgroup, and is currently pioneering large chunks of [[Alpharabian tuning]]- the JI tuning for this particular subgroup. | In line with this, he is an advocate for the usage of [[27/16]] as the major sixth above the Tonic in Just [[5-limit]] diatonic scales in place of [[5/3]] on account of his belief that while intervals with small rational ratios between the right two notes can establish tonal stability, intervals with small rational ratios between the wrong two notes in a scale can destroy a sense of tonal stability. Perhaps notoriously, he is also an advocate for the deliberate usage of the [[40/27]] grave fifth in composition when not working with [[meantone]], as he would argue that it is a distinct interval in its own right with its own distinct role and properties as opposed to simply being a mere poor-quality knock-off of the more well-known [[3/2]] perfect fifth. In addition, he seeks both acoustic and mathematical bases for the familiar diatonic scale, and is convinced on some level that Ionian, Dorian, Phygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian should all be separated into their own distinct scales with their own modes due to each having different tunings in which they best exhibit tonal stability. On the other hand, Aura has significant interest in [[159edo]], which he uses for composition due to its near-perfect approximation of the 2.3.11 subgroup, and is currently pioneering large chunks of [[Alpharabian tuning]]- the JI tuning for this particular subgroup. | ||
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* The [[936/935|Ainos comma]] (936/935) | * The [[936/935|Ainos comma]] (936/935) | ||
Aura has named additional commas | Aura has named additional commas in 2021, these commas are: | ||
* The [[1701/1700|Palingenetic comma]] (1701/1700) | * The [[1701/1700|Palingenetic comma]] (1701/1700) | ||
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* The [[Pythrabian comma]] (94489280512/94143178827) | * The [[Pythrabian comma]] (94489280512/94143178827) | ||
* The [[Frameshift comma]] (22876792454961/22866405883904) | * The [[Frameshift comma]] (22876792454961/22866405883904) | ||
Aura has so far named one additional comma in 2022: | |||
* The [[Forge comma]] (1640558367/1638400000) | |||
In addition to this, Aura is also largely responsible for the concept of [[telicity]] as it is referred to here on this Wiki, though others, such as [[Flora Canou]] and Scott Dakota, have contributed to refining the concept, and it is likely that still others have come up with similar concepts independently. | In addition to this, Aura is also largely responsible for the concept of [[telicity]] as it is referred to here on this Wiki, though others, such as [[Flora Canou]] and Scott Dakota, have contributed to refining the concept, and it is likely that still others have come up with similar concepts independently. | ||
He has worked with [[Sergey A Kryukov]], mainly in the capacity of lending his ideas to the creation of virtual instruments. | He has worked with [[Sergey A Kryukov]], mainly in the capacity of lending his ideas to the creation of virtual instruments. In addition, he is perhaps one of the main proponents and developers of [[syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]. | ||
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