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===**The Seventeen-Tone Piano Project involves tuning two acoustic pianos in seventeen equal tones per octave and then playing music on them.**=== 

Two pianos, located at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music (Houston, Texas), are tuned to 17-EDO. Why 17? I happen to like 17, and it works particularly well on two pianos. How? I was a student there, and they're very nice.

This project was created with the intention of encouraging (and at the very least not discouraging) the writing of music in the 17-tet system. There are no restrictions on eligibility; all sentient creatures are invited. We will try to have as many concerts as interest in the project can sustain.

[[17tppp4|Phase Four]], the current phase, consists of a call for MICROTONAL SONGS, vocal music in all kinds of non-12 tunings, and two events: a sing-along session on April 26 and a concert on April 27, 2008.

[[http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01| Phase One]] of the project centered around pieces and improvisations by Rice composers, some of which were featured on a concert on April 29, 2006. The recording is of a subsequent recording session.

[[SeventeenTPPPhaseTwo|Phase Two]] of the project had a deadline of Sunday August 27 2006, in preparation for a concert which happened on Tuesday September 26, at 8 PM in Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall. Fourteen compositions in 17-EDO were premiered and recorded.

[[SeventeenTPPPhaseThree|Phase Three]] happened on Monday, May 7th, 2007. It featured some new 17-EDO chamber music which included the pianos, acoustic and electronic instruments. Music is falling into place by mid-April.

===Contact=== 
Current contact info for 17tpp:
<eptadecaphonic at gmail dot com>

17 tone piano project
c/o Dan Sedgwick
1618 Bonnie Brae
Houston, TX 77006

===**Links...**=== 
[[http://www.georghajdu.de/Compositions/HeptadecatonicDrops/Heptadeca.html|Remnants of a 17-tone piano and electronics project about 16 years ago]], and recordings of [[http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01|phase one]] of this project.

There are a few pieces available on the internet in 17: some 6 MIDI files by [[http://www.angelfire.com/mo/oljare/midicomp.html|Mats Öljare]] (search for "17tet"), [[http://www.io.com/%7Ehmiller/midi/transformation.mid|Herman Miller's "Transformation"]], and three improvisations by [[http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=122613|Andrew Heathwaite]] (search for "17tet"). And one by [[http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=141776&songID=1342075|XJ Scott]].

===**[[SeventeenTheory|Music theory through the eyes of the 17 Tone Piano Project]]**=== 

===**Piano tuning and performable scores.**=== 
Following the circle-of-fifths naming system for 17, the white keys of both pianos are tuned identically, to the (notated) C major scale. The piano called "flat" has black keys tuned to Db Eb Gb Ab Bb; the one called "sharp" has C# D# F# G# A#. This way we get the 7+5+5 = 17 notes. Remember, C# is HIGHER than Db!

In scores with separate staves for each piano, it is not necessary to spell chords with these distinctions; notating intervals in their most common appearance is recommended for quick readability, e.g. Eb-C in the sharp piano part, rather than D#-C.

The pianos (baby grands, did I mention playing inside the piano is OK?) will be set up at a right angle, with flats on the left, sharps on the right, close enough that one person could play on both keyboards.

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Two pianos, located at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music (Houston, Texas), are tuned to 17-EDO. Why 17? I happen to like 17, and it works particularly well on two pianos. How? I was a student there, and they're very nice.<br />
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This project was created with the intention of encouraging (and at the very least not discouraging) the writing of music in the 17-tet system. There are no restrictions on eligibility; all sentient creatures are invited. We will try to have as many concerts as interest in the project can sustain.<br />
<br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/17tppp4">Phase Four</a>, the current phase, consists of a call for MICROTONAL SONGS, vocal music in all kinds of non-12 tunings, and two events: a sing-along session on April 26 and a concert on April 27, 2008.<br />
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01" rel="nofollow"> Phase One</a> of the project centered around pieces and improvisations by Rice composers, some of which were featured on a concert on April 29, 2006. The recording is of a subsequent recording session.<br />
<br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/SeventeenTPPPhaseTwo">Phase Two</a> of the project had a deadline of Sunday August 27 2006, in preparation for a concert which happened on Tuesday September 26, at 8 PM in Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall. Fourteen compositions in 17-EDO were premiered and recorded.<br />
<br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/SeventeenTPPPhaseThree">Phase Three</a> happened on Monday, May 7th, 2007. It featured some new 17-EDO chamber music which included the pianos, acoustic and electronic instruments. Music is falling into place by mid-April.<br />
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 Current contact info for 17tpp:<br />
&lt;eptadecaphonic at gmail dot com&gt;<br />
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17 tone piano project<br />
c/o Dan Sedgwick<br />
1618 Bonnie Brae<br />
Houston, TX 77006<br />
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 <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.georghajdu.de/Compositions/HeptadecatonicDrops/Heptadeca.html" rel="nofollow">Remnants of a 17-tone piano and electronics project about 16 years ago</a>, and recordings of <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01" rel="nofollow">phase one</a> of this project.<br />
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There are a few pieces available on the internet in 17: some 6 MIDI files by <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.angelfire.com/mo/oljare/midicomp.html" rel="nofollow">Mats Öljare</a> (search for &quot;17tet&quot;), <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.io.com/%7Ehmiller/midi/transformation.mid" rel="nofollow">Herman Miller's &quot;Transformation&quot;</a>, and three improvisations by <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=122613" rel="nofollow">Andrew Heathwaite</a> (search for &quot;17tet&quot;). And one by <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=141776&amp;songID=1342075" rel="nofollow">XJ Scott</a>.<br />
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 Following the circle-of-fifths naming system for 17, the white keys of both pianos are tuned identically, to the (notated) C major scale. The piano called &quot;flat&quot; has black keys tuned to Db Eb Gb Ab Bb; the one called &quot;sharp&quot; has C# D# F# G# A#. This way we get the 7+5+5 = 17 notes. Remember, C# is HIGHER than Db!<br />
<br />
In scores with separate staves for each piano, it is not necessary to spell chords with these distinctions; notating intervals in their most common appearance is recommended for quick readability, e.g. Eb-C in the sharp piano part, rather than D#-C.<br />
<br />
The pianos (baby grands, did I mention playing inside the piano is OK?) will be set up at a right angle, with flats on the left, sharps on the right, close enough that one person could play on both keyboards.</body></html>

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