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 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=== 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 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 /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> <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 /> <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>