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==History== | ==History== | ||
<span class="commentBody">Porcupine temperament/scales were discovered by [[Dave Keenan]], but didn't have a name until [[Herman Miller]] mentioned that his Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-tET had a section that pumps the 250:243 comma. Although this music did not use a Porcupine MOS or MODMOS (which would have 7 or 8 notes), the name was adopted for such scales as well, once the essentially one-to-one relationship between vanishing commas and sequences of DE scales was fully evident. It was clear that even though Herman's piece was in 15, 22 was a porcupine tuning par excellence, and that was an interesting development in itself.</span> | <span class="commentBody">Porcupine temperament/scales were discovered by [[Dave Keenan]], but didn't have a name until [[Herman Miller]] mentioned that his Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-tET had a section that pumps the 250:243 comma. Although this music did not use a Porcupine MOS or MODMOS (which would have 7 or 8 notes), the name was adopted for such scales as well, once the essentially one-to-one relationship between vanishing commas and sequences of DE scales was fully evident. It was clear that even though Herman's piece was in 15, 22 was a porcupine tuning par excellence, and that was an interesting development in itself.</span> | ||
==See also== | |||
[[Chords of porcupine]] | |||
==Musical examples== | ==Musical examples== | ||
* "[[http://sites.google.com/site/teamouse/home#TOC-Mizarian-music|Mizarian Porcupine Overture]]", Herman Miller, 1999. (15edo, namesake of the temperament) | * "[[http://sites.google.com/site/teamouse/home#TOC-Mizarian-music|Mizarian Porcupine Overture]]", Herman Miller, 1999. (15edo, namesake of the temperament) | ||
* "[[http://www.myspace.com/paulerlich/music/songs/glassic-in-22-tone-equal-temperament-45202095|Glassic]]", Paul Erlich, [[22edo]] (at least the beginning part is in porcupine). | * "[[http://www.myspace.com/paulerlich/music/songs/glassic-in-22-tone-equal-temperament-45202095|Glassic]]", Paul Erlich, [[22edo]] (at least the beginning part is in porcupine). | ||
* "<span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">[[http://www.archive.org/download/NightOnPorcupineMountain/Genewardsmithmussorgsky-NightOnPorcupineMountain.mp3|Night on Porcupine Mountain]]</span></span>", Gene Ward Smith and Modest Mussorgsky, [[22edo]]. | * "<span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">//[[http://www.archive.org/download/NightOnPorcupineMountain/Genewardsmithmussorgsky-NightOnPorcupineMountain.mp3|Night on Porcupine Mountain]]//</span></span>", Gene Ward Smith and Modest Mussorgsky, [[22edo]]. | ||
* "[[http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8839060|being a]]", Andrew Heathwaite, 2010, 22edo, mode 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 of Porcupine[8]. | * "[[http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8839060|being a]]", Andrew Heathwaite, 2010, 22edo, mode 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 of Porcupine[8]. | ||
* <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20110619_millers_porcupine_7a.mp3|Playing Gently with Miller's Porcupine]]</span></span>, [[Chris Vaisvil]] | * <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">//[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20110619_millers_porcupine_7a.mp3|Playing Gently with Miller's Porcupine]]//</span></span>, [[Chris Vaisvil]] | ||
* <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-indian.mp3|15 Porcupines in India]]</span></span>, Sarangi, Tambura and Sitar improvisation by [[Chris Vaisvil]] | * <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">//[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-indian.mp3|15 Porcupines in India]]//</span></span>, Sarangi, Tambura and Sitar improvisation by [[Chris Vaisvil]] | ||
* <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-piano.mp3|15 Quills]]</span></span> piano solo by Chris Vaisvil | * <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">//[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-piano.mp3|15 Quills]]//</span></span> piano solo by Chris Vaisvil | ||
* <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-prickly-side-of-love.mp3|Prickly Side of Love]]</span></span> - rock band in Porcupine Temperament with vocals by Chris Vaisvil | * <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">//[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-prickly-side-of-love.mp3|Prickly Side of Love]]//</span></span> - rock band in Porcupine Temperament with vocals by Chris Vaisvil | ||
* <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20120102-porcupine-organ.mp3|Porcupine Organ Composition]]</span> by [[Chris Vaisvil]] | * <span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link">//[[http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20120102-porcupine-organ.mp3|Porcupine Organ Composition]]//</span> by [[Chris Vaisvil]] | ||
* [[ | * //[[file:xenharmonic/AmongOtherThings2.mp3|Among Other Things 2]]// by Petr Pařízek | ||
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
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<span class="commentBody">Porcupine temperament/scales were discovered by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Dave%20Keenan">Dave Keenan</a>, but didn't have a name until <a class="wiki_link" href="/Herman%20Miller">Herman Miller</a> mentioned that his Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-tET had a section that pumps the 250:243 comma. Although this music did not use a Porcupine MOS or MODMOS (which would have 7 or 8 notes), the name was adopted for such scales as well, once the essentially one-to-one relationship between vanishing commas and sequences of DE scales was fully evident. It was clear that even though Herman's piece was in 15, 22 was a porcupine tuning par excellence, and that was an interesting development in itself.</span><br /> | <span class="commentBody">Porcupine temperament/scales were discovered by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Dave%20Keenan">Dave Keenan</a>, but didn't have a name until <a class="wiki_link" href="/Herman%20Miller">Herman Miller</a> mentioned that his Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-tET had a section that pumps the 250:243 comma. Although this music did not use a Porcupine MOS or MODMOS (which would have 7 or 8 notes), the name was adopted for such scales as well, once the essentially one-to-one relationship between vanishing commas and sequences of DE scales was fully evident. It was clear that even though Herman's piece was in 15, 22 was a porcupine tuning par excellence, and that was an interesting development in itself.</span><br /> | ||
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<ul><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sites.google.com/site/teamouse/home#TOC-Mizarian-music" rel="nofollow">Mizarian Porcupine Overture</a>&quot;, Herman Miller, 1999. (15edo, namesake of the temperament)</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.myspace.com/paulerlich/music/songs/glassic-in-22-tone-equal-temperament-45202095" rel="nofollow">Glassic</a>&quot;, Paul Erlich, <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a> (at least the beginning part is in porcupine).</li><li>&quot;<span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link"><em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/download/NightOnPorcupineMountain/Genewardsmithmussorgsky-NightOnPorcupineMountain.mp3" rel="nofollow">Night on Porcupine Mountain</a></em></span></span>&quot;, Gene Ward Smith and Modest Mussorgsky, <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a>.</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8839060" rel="nofollow">being a</a>&quot;, Andrew Heathwaite, 2010, 22edo, mode 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 of Porcupine[8].</li><li><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link"><em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20110619_millers_porcupine_7a.mp3" rel="nofollow">Playing Gently with Miller's Porcupine</a></em></span></span>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chris%20Vaisvil">Chris Vaisvil</a></li><li><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link"><em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-indian.mp3" rel="nofollow">15 Porcupines in India</a></em></span></span>, Sarangi, Tambura and Sitar improvisation by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chris%20Vaisvil">Chris Vaisvil</a></li><li><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link"><em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-piano.mp3" rel="nofollow">15 Quills</a></em></span></span> piano solo by Chris Vaisvil</li><li><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link"><em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20111231-porcupine15-prickly-side-of-love.mp3" rel="nofollow">Prickly Side of Love</a></em></span></span> - rock band in Porcupine Temperament with vocals by Chris Vaisvil</li><li><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-audio ywp-link-hover ywp-page-img-link"><em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/15-ET/daily20120102-porcupine-organ.mp3" rel="nofollow">Porcupine Organ Composition</a></em></span> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chris%20Vaisvil">Chris Vaisvil</a></li><li><em><a href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/file/view/AmongOtherThings2.mp3/319978024/AmongOtherThings2.mp3" onclick="ws.common.trackFileLink('http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/file/view/AmongOtherThings2.mp3/319978024/AmongOtherThings2.mp3');">Among Other Things 2</a></em> by Petr Pařízek</li></ul><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:9:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc4"><a name="x-Images"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:9 -->Images</h2> | |||
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