SeventeenTonePianoProject
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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? How? I'm a student there, and they're very nice. The music made so far has included some pieces and improvisations by Rice composers, some of which were featured on a concert on April 29 2006. Some recordings from a later session are available [[http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01|over here]]. The current phase of the 17-tPP consists of a **CALL FOR SCORES.** This means you (perhaps)! If you have written or would like to write a piece for 17-tone pianos, now is your chance! Pieces can be for between one and four hands on the pianos, and possibly one or two additional instrumentalists that Rice has available (inquire if curious). This project was created with the intention of encouraging (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. [[SeventeenTPPPhaseTwo| Phase Two]] of the project had a deadline of **Sunday August 27 2006**, in preparation for a concert to happen on **Tuesday September 26**, at 8 PM in Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall. There were approximately 10 submissions, and they will all be performed! **Phase Three** is an extension of the call for scores into the winter. **December 1 2006** is set as a tentative deadline. A concert, tentatively late January, would depend on sufficient additional interest. ===Contact=== Send inquiries and PDF scores to Jacob Barton <udderbot at gmail dot com>, or send paper scores to 17 tone piano project c/o Jacob Barton 9 Sunset Blvd. MS-709 Houston, TX 77005 ===**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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<html><head><title>SeventeenTonePianoProject</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h3> --><h3 id="toc0"><a name="x--The Seventeen-Tone Piano Project involves tuning two acoustic pianos in seventeen equal tones per octave and then playing music on them."></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 --><strong>The Seventeen-Tone Piano Project involves tuning two acoustic pianos in seventeen equal tones per octave and then playing music on them.</strong></h3> <br /> Two pianos, located at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music (Houston, Texas), are tuned to 17-EDO. Why? How? I'm a student there, and they're very nice.<br /> <br /> The music made so far has included some pieces and improvisations by Rice composers, some of which were featured on a concert on April 29 2006. Some recordings from a later session are available <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenTPP_01" rel="nofollow">over here</a>.<br /> <br /> The current phase of the 17-tPP consists of a <strong>CALL FOR SCORES.</strong> This means you (perhaps)! If you have written or would like to write a piece for 17-tone pianos, now is your chance! Pieces can be for between one and four hands on the pianos, and possibly one or two additional instrumentalists that Rice has available (inquire if curious).<br /> <br /> This project was created with the intention of encouraging (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.<br /> <br /> <a class="wiki_link" href="/SeventeenTPPPhaseTwo"> Phase Two</a> of the project had a deadline of <strong>Sunday August 27 2006</strong>, in preparation for a concert to happen on <strong>Tuesday September 26</strong>, at 8 PM in Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall. There were approximately 10 submissions, and they will all be performed!<br /> <br /> <strong>Phase Three</strong> is an extension of the call for scores into the winter. <strong>December 1 2006</strong> is set as a tentative deadline. A concert, tentatively late January, would depend on sufficient additional interest.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:<h3> --><h3 id="toc1"><a name="x--Contact"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->Contact</h3> Send inquiries and PDF scores to Jacob Barton <udderbot at gmail dot com>, or send paper scores to<br /> <br /> 17 tone piano project<br /> c/o Jacob Barton<br /> 9 Sunset Blvd. MS-709<br /> Houston, TX 77005<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:<h3> --><h3 id="toc2"><a name="x--Links..."></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --><strong>Links...</strong></h3> <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 /> <br /> 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 "17tet"), <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.io.com/%7Ehmiller/midi/transformation.mid" rel="nofollow">Herman Miller's "Transformation"</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 "17tet"). And one by <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=141776&songID=1342075" rel="nofollow">XJ Scott</a>.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:<h3> --><h3 id="toc3"><a name="x--Music theory through the eyes of the 17 Tone Piano Project"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 --><strong><a class="wiki_link" href="/SeventeenTheory">Music theory through the eyes of the 17 Tone Piano Project</a></strong></h3> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:8:<h3> --><h3 id="toc4"><a name="x--Piano tuning and performable scores."></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 --><strong>Piano tuning and performable scores.</strong></h3> 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!<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>