online Dictionary of Tuning Terms
musical arrangements, for concert band & jazz big band
- MIDI sequence of 12-tET version, intro and tune
- mp3 of JI version
(or download it at the
Tuning
Punks page) (4.7 megs)
Altho it's unambitious and unpretentious, I think this is the best thing I've written so far.
- JustMusic Sequencer (presently under development)
- micro.CAL, my microtonal CAL program for CakewalkTM
- Prime-ET,
an ExcelTM spreadsheet that
calculates ratios and ET-degrees and compares them.
Books
- Rational Implications of Schoenberg's Harmonic Theories (in progress)
- JustMusic: A New Harmony - Representing Pitch as Prime Series (1993-98)
Articles and essays
- Intonation of the valve trumpet (2003)
- Ramos's divisions of the monochord (2003)
- Zarlino's description of 2/7-comma meantone (2003)
- Vicentino's adaptive-JI of 1555 (2002)
- Eivind Groven's Schismatic Temperament (2002)
- An Examination of Partch's The Intruder (2002)
- Simplified sexagesimal approximation to 12edo (2002)
- Lattice Diagrams Comparing Rational Implications of Various Meantone Chains
- Ganassi's Rational Well-Temperament. www (2001)
- Mozart's Tuning: a 20-tone subset of 55-EDO. www (2001)
- An Examination of Partch's Explanation of ETs (2001)
- A Gentle Introduction to the MIDI Tuning Specification. www (2001)
- Autumn Leaves in Blackjack Tuning. www (2001)
- The Blackjack Scale. www (2001)
- A 13-tone 7...17-limit scale of Pat Pagano and David Beardsley. www (2001)
- A New Reconstruction of the Hurrian Hymn. www (2000)
- Speculations on Sumerian tuning. www (2000)
- An Examination of Fox-Strangways and Partch on JI modulation. www (2000)
- The Measurement of Aristoxenus's Divisions of the Tetrachord. www (1999, 2000)
- On Fabio Colonna's Sambuca Tuning. www (1999)
- A Summary of W. S. B. Woolhouse's Essay on musical intervals. www (1999)
- Tutorial on Ancient Greek Tetrachord-theory. www (1999)
- A stretched-'octave' scale of Charles Ives. www (1999)
- Chronological List of Works of Alois Hába. www (1999)
- English translation of Hába's article Schoenberg and the further possibilities of music-development. www (1999)
- English translation of the first few chapters of Horst Weber's biography of Zemlinsky(1999)
- A Century of New Music in Vienna, a chronology of Mahler, Schoenberg, Webern, and the birth of atonality. www (1999)
- review of the 1999 AFMM Microthon!. Juxtaposition Ezine(1999)
- English translation of Patrice Bailhache's Music translated into Mathematics: Leonhard Euler
- Historical Arab Lute Frettings. www (1999)
- Charts of pitches on Poole's keyboard. www (1999)
- Mathematical Diagrams of Equal-Tempered Guitar Fingerboards. www (1998)
- 5-Limit Implications of Ancient Indian Tuning. www (1998)
- A Microtonal Analysis of Robert Johnson's Drunken Hearted Man. www (1998)
- Mathematical Diagram of John Dowland's Lute Fretting. www (1998)
- review of The Last Laugh, by Dean Drummond. Juxtaposition Ezine (1998)
- review of When Mozart was a Nine-Year-Old by the SoHo Baroque Opera. Juxtaposition Ezine(1998)
- Speculations on Marchetto of Padua's "Fifth-Tones". www (1997-98)
- JustMusic Matrix Notation. www (1997)
- An Examination of a Possible 5-Limit System of Boethius. unpublished (1997)
- A New Look at the Musica Enchiriadis. unpublished (1996-97)
- A Metrical Analysis and Re-notation
of Webern's Variations for Piano, 1st movement. (1994) www (1998)- The "program" behind Mahler's 7th Symphony. unpublished (1992)
- Similarities Between Partch and Schoenberg
as Originators of New Harmonic Principles. unpublished (1988)
Musical Arrangements
For Concert BandExcerpts from Mahler's 1st Symphony (1979)
For Jazz Big Band
Johnny Green, Out of Nowhere (1979) - listen to excerpts
George Harrison, Something (1979)
Billy Strayhorn, Take The A-Train (1979)
Hoagy Carmichael, Skylark (1979)
Hoagy Carmichael, I Get Along Without You Very Well (1978)
Heyman & Buesse, My Silent Love (1978)
George Shearing, Lullaby of Birdland (1978)
Robin & Ranger, June in January (1978)
Kahn & Donaldson, Love Me or Leave Me (1978)
Fain, Kahal, & Norman, When I Take My Sugar To Tea (1978)
Rodgers & Hart, With A Song In My Heart (1978)
MIDI sequences of music by othersThis way I get to (sort of) play out my fantasy of being a conductor.
The dates are those of my sequencing (not of the original composition).
Most of these are not microtonal - yet.
Mahler, 7th Symphony, 1st movement (1988-98)
Cole Porter, Just One Of Those Things, voice/piano version of arrangement from Kiri Te Kanawa's CD (2003)
Beatles, Yellow Submarine (2002)
Ben Johnston, 8th Quartet, 2nd movement. (1999)
Mahler, Piano Quartet in A-minor, 1st (and only) movement. (1999)
Beatles, Glass Onion (1999)- I was discussing re-doing a Beatles song in 22-ET with Paul Erlich
and he suggested this one. This 12-tET version turned
out pretty good.
Here's the 22-tET version (2000).
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, last part of der Abschied (1998)- one of my very best MIDI files
Robert Johnson, Drunken Hearted Man, opening & 1st verse (1998)
- see the accompanying essay
Webern, Vorfruhling [pre-Opus 1 song] (1998)
Webern, Aufblick [pre-Opus 1 song, instrumental arrangement by Monzo] (1998)
Webern, Im Sommerwind [first half] (1998)
Dvorák, "New World" Symphony, 4th movement (1998)
Tchaikovsky, 4th Symphony, 4th movement (1998) - listen to ending
Tchaikovsky, 5th Symphony, coda of 4th movement (1998)
Tchaikovsky, 6th Symphony, 3rd and 4th movements (1998)
Korngold, Sinfonietta, excerpts from 1st & 2nd movements (1992-98)
- full-blown Hollywood movie music from a 15-year old! check it out
B. B. King, Sweet Little Angel, opening guitar solo (1992-98)
- microtonalized even a bit further by me
Robert Johnson, Crossroads Blues, opening & 1st verse (1992-98)
Beatles, Savoy Truffle (1997)
Beatles, Yer Blues (1997)
Webern, 6 Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6, 1st piece (1994)Webern, Variations for Piano, op. 27, 1st movement (1994)
- see the accompanying essay
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 6, 1st movement (1993)
Lewis Benzon, 95th Psalm (1992)
Felix Weingartner, 2nd Symphony, excerpts (1991)
Orlando Lassus, Tristis Est Anima Mea (1991)
The Band, King Harvest (1991)
Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run,without vocal part excerpt (1991)
Bruce Springsteen, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, without vocal part (1991)
Scott Joplin, Gladiolus Rag (1991)
Joseph Lamb, Sensation Rag (1991)
Rossini, William Tell Overture, last section (1990)
Bach, C#m Prelude & Fugue Well-Tempered Klavier book 1 (1989)
Bach, Sarabande from English Suite No. 6 (1989)
Beethoven, String Quartet (C#m), op. 131, 1st movement (1989)
Beethoven, 3rd Symphony ("Eroica"), 1st movement (1989)
Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame, Sanctus (1989)
Topographic Maps
Northwest Philadelphia, watercolor on paper (1995)
Montmartre, computer-generated, ink on paper (1996)
San Diego, computer-generated, ink on paper (in progress, 2000) (the version in this link is reduced to about 25% normal size)
Paintings and Drawings
Healing [with Claudia Ximena], computer-generated, ink on paper (1998)
Coffee Stain, coffee on paper (1987)
How To Find Your Way Around Philadelphia, acrylic on cotton T-shirt (1987)
No Anchovies, acrylic on inside of cardboard pizza box (1986)
View from my bedroom window, acrylic on cotton T-shirt (1986)
Island off the coast of Antarctica, oil on canvas (1982)
Brooke Shields, pencil on paper (1982)
Portrait of Dona, pastel on paper (1980)
Jaclyn Smith, pencil on paper (1979)
Scenes from Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel, pencil on paper (1976)Jesus and Mary
Two Locomotives, pencil on paper (1976)
close-up of Mary
Angel Blowing a Horn
The Damned
Sunset, watercolor on paper (1975)
This is a list of what I feel are my most significant pieces.
All of the sound examples are MIDI files which I sequenced
on my computer. Some are quite good, some are pretty crappy,
most fall somewhere in between. The quality of any individual
file is pretty much reflective of how much time I've spent
working on it. Some of the best ones I had made are "no
longer with us",
due to a damaged disk and further computer problems I've had.
There are several more just pieces and fragments which I had
mapped onto my old Yamaha TG-77, which had tuning tables and
which was stolen. I'm in the
process of editing all of that stuff using pitch-bend, to make
it conform to the General MIDI specs.
I wish to convert many of the 12-Eq pieces listed here into
just-intonation. I no longer feel satisfied with the sound of
many of these, so I've never had a problem going back over an
old piece and changing its tuning.
(The 4 minutes listed as the time on so many of the songs
is just a rough, quick estimate. I was more concerned with
getting the links to the sound files up first. I'll do the
research later.)
2001-10-15 (2001) [12edo]
Cruisin' thru the Ruins (2001) [11-limit adaptive JI]
2001-7-8 (2001) [7- and 11-limit adaptive JI]
Hungarian Dance (September 1999) [12edo]
A Noiseless Patient Spider (1999) [mixed 144edo and JI]
Kuh-meah (April 1999) [13-prime-limit JI]
Kraigian (1999) [13-prime-limit JI]
19-tone Samba (1998) [19-tET]
Stuck in Phoenix (September 1998) [12-tET]
Beowulf (1998-present, in progress) [11-limit JI]
Alternative Rock Chord (1998) [12-Eq & just]
Come And Get Me Now (in progress 1997-) [just]
24-Equal Tune (1994.10.6) [24-Eq]
Ragtime 1994 (1994) [12-Eq], (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Theme to What's Happening (1993) [12-Eq]
In A Minute (1993.4.30) [12-Eq], (1999) [JI version]
Piña Colada (1993) [12-Eq]
1993-3-22 (1993) [12edo] (2000) [5-limit JI]
Incidental music to Invisible Haircut (1990-93) [19-L just]
Bennie's Barber Shop (1993)
Wedding March (1992) [12-Eq]
As Long As We Live (July 1992) [12-Eq]
Prince Bowie (1992) [12-Eq]
Happy Ending For The Devil (1992) [12-Eq]
One-Way Street (1992) [12-Eq]
3 Plus 4 (1992) [12-Eq version], (1999) [13-limit JI version]
4th Night in Rio (1992) [12-Eq]
Triplet Break-Up (1991) [12-Eq]
Half-Step Bass (1991.11.28) [12-Eq]
Nigger Lover (1991-93) [this needs a more complex tuning]
Thinking of Frank Emerson (1991) [12-Eq]
3rd Night in Rio (1991) [12-Eq]
2nd Night in Rio (1991) [12-Eq]
1991-9-2 (1991) [12edo]
Ah Mariah (1991) [12-Eq]
1st Night in Rio (1991) [12-Eq]
I'm in Love (1991) [12-Eq, with microtones in guitar solo]
Spooky (1990) [12-Eq]
Wedge of Mind (1990) [12-Eq]
Yvonne (1990) [12-Eq], (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Samba for Suzee (1990) [12-Eq]
M.S.B. (1990.9.28) [12-tET version], (2000) [JI version]
6 x 3 x 3 (1989.11.5) [12-Eq]
Carried Away (1989) [12-Eq], (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Salsa 1 (1987) [12-Eq]
Salsa 2 (1987) [12-Eq]
Summertime Rag (1986) [12-Eq]
Whenever (1986) [12-Eq]
Ghosts From The Season Before (1986) [12-Eq]
Springtime Rag (1986) [12-Eq], (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Latin Tune (1986) [12-Eq]
Thankful for the Little Things (1986) [12-Eq]
I've Got A Feeling About You (1986) [12-Eq]
Etude in F# (1985) [12-Eq], (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Again (1985) [12-Eq]
Blue Valentine (1985) [12-Eq]
1985 Delay (1985, 1998) [12-Eq]
So Ultraconservative (1985) [12-Eq]
Your Love Will Take Me (1985) [12-Eq]
The Why Did They Close The Frank S. Farley Service Plaza
On Saturday Night Blues Fusion 1984 (October 1984)
I'll Tell You I Love You (1984) [12-Eq]
2 Movements (1984) [12-Eq]
Lynn (1983) [12-Eq]
Finding Fragments (1983) [12-Eq]
Song of the Seagull (1983) [12-Eq]
Deep Inside (1983) [12-Eq]
Labor Day (1983) [12-Eq]
On The Bus (1983) [12-Eq]
Down and Out (1983) [12-Eq] (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI version]
So Hard To Say Goodbye (1983) [12-Eq]
You're My Girl (1982) [12-Eq]
For Donna (June 1982) [12-Eq]
Don't Drop It On Me (1982) [12-Eq]
Junkmail (1982) [12-Eq]
Edward (1982) [12-Eq version], (2000) [JI version]
My Dream (1981) [12-Eq]
Canned Food (1981) [12-Eq]
L. A. Tango (1981) [12-Eq] (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Movie Opening (1981-83) [12-Eq, being converted to just]
Saturday Afternoon Rag (1981) [12-Eq]
Springtime Meditation (1981)
String Trio (1981) [12-Eq, with some quarter-tones]
Outlets (1981) [12-Eq]
Modern Conveniences (1981) [12-Eq]
What's Wrong (1981) [12-Eq]
I Wanna Romeo's Death (1980) [12-Eq, being converted to just]
Gavotte (1980.5.9) [12-Eq or meantone] (2002.3.15) [5-limit JI]
Saraband (1980) [12-Eq or meantone] (unfinished)
Invention (1980) [12-Eq or meantone] (unfinished)
9-F (1980, unfinished) [12-Eq]
Preludes II (1980) [just]
Sonnet 18 (1980) [12-Eq]
My Universe (1980) [12-Eq, with high distortion]
Woodwind Trio (1979) [12-Eq]
Forms for Brass Trio (1979) [12-Eq]
Mexican Dance (1979) [12-Eq]
Preludes I (1979) [12-Eq]
Sonatina (1978) [12-Eq]
Waltz No. 1 (1978) [12-Eq]
Langsam Stuck (1977) [12-Eq]
1st String Quartet (1977) [12-Eq] (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
12 Minuets (1977) [12-Eq]
8 Minuets (1976-77) [12-Eq]
2nd Symphony (1976-80-94) [12-Eq], (2001) [7-limit adaptive-JI]
Software
for 2 trumpets, bass, and percussion
1.30
mp3
for vocals, theater orchestra and rock band
5 minutes
program notes, mp3, and lyrics
for choir a capella
1.30
mp3 of 7-limit version
mp3 of 11-limit version
for piano
1.00
mp3
for reciting voice
with harp, piano, synthesizer, 2 horns, cello & bass
7 minutes
text by Walt Whitman
program notes, mp3 of the instrumental parts, and score
Acoustic guitar and percussion
mp3
Acoustic guitar and percussion
mp3 of Kraigian
Acoustic guitar, bass, and percussion
program notes, MIDI, and mp3 of it
Country music band
mp3
opera, for singers and orchestra
approx. 1 hour
mp3 of the opening
Hendrix Chord (1998) [12-Eq & hi-prime just]
virtuoso tuning and finger-independence study
for electric guitar; 19 minutes
program notes and audio
for improvising group and digital audio; 8 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for intoning/singing voice and string quartet
Quarter-tone piece
or violin, 2 acoustic guitars, bass and drums; 2 minutes
program notes, mp3, and MIDI
piano; 1:13 minutes
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
for background vocals and pop band; 4 minutes
pop band; 3:21
program notes, mp3, and MIDI
pop band; 4 minutes
for accordion
1.30
program notes and mp3 of JI version
for computer tape; 15 minutes
Opening Theme (1990)
mp3
program notes and audio
for computer tape; 4 minutes
(with a sly opening sample from Mahler's 6th)
2 versions:
classical -- for harp, strings, electric bass, & piano
funk -- for pop band (mp3)
pop band; 2:46
mp3 of 12edo version
lyrics
pop band; 4 minutes
MIDI sequence of an excerpt
for singing voice and rock band; 2:23
lyrics and mp3
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
program notes, lyrics, and mp3 of last 2 verses & guitar solo
fusion jazz band; 5:20
(solos on recording by Marc Johnson)
latin band; 1:59
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
pop band; 4 minutes
for rapping voice and computer tape; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
fusion-jazz band; 1:52
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
latin band; 1:52
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
latin band; 3:00
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for piano, bass, and percussion
0.30
mp3
for flute, bass, and electric piano; 4 minutes
latin band; 3:00
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voices and rock band; 5:20
mp3
fusion jazz band; 1:59
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for computer tape; 8 minutes
latin band; 1:20
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
latin band; 4:10
MIDI sequence of it
pop band; 3:12
MIDI sequence of it
fusion jazz band; 4 minutes
mp3
pop band; 4 minutes
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
latin band; 3 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
latin band; 3 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for piano; 4:38
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and pop band; 4 minutes
read the lyrics
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
words by Chris Wittmann
read the lyrics
MIDI-file
for piano; 4 minutes
listen to my mp3 of adaptive-JI version
latin band; 1:50
listen to my MIDI sequence of an excerpt
for voices and rock band; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and jazz band; 4 minutes
mp3 of my MIDI sequence
read the lyrics
for piano; 2:12
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
for singing voice and small ensemble; 4:29
words by Chris Tisdale
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and small ensemble; 2:18
words by Chris Tisdale
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for piano, shakuhachi, bassoon, and drums; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of an excerpt
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
lyrics, mp3, and MIDI
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
(1985) [12-Eq]
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
MIDI
read the lyrics
for pop-jazz band
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and pop band; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for orchestra; 12 minutes
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
for singing voice and pop band; 4 minutes
program notes, mp3, and lyrics
for singing voice and acoustic guitar; 4 minutes
for singing voice and acoustic guitar; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
read the lyrics
for singing voice and rock band; 3:05
listen to my MIDI sequence of it
read the lyrics
for singing voice and rock band; 4:43
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
lyrics
for singing voice and rock band; 4:26
MIDI
read the lyrics
for singing voice and acoustic guitar; 4 minutes
MIDI
for solo classical guitar; 1:10
mp3
blues, for singing voice and acoustic guitar; 4 minutes
read the lyrics
for singing voice and heavy-metal band; 3:32
lyrics and MIDI-file
for singing voice, harpsichord, recorders, oboes; 4 minutes
mp3 of JI version
for singing voice and heavy-metal band; 4 minutes
for singing voice and rock band; 4 minutes
for latin band; 4 minutes
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
for alto sax & orchestra; 0:49
12edo MIDI sequence of the opening
7-limit adaptive-JI mp3 of the opening
for piano; 4 minutes
afternoon and sunset at Great Kills Harbor (1981) [12-Eq]
for orchestra; 8 minutes
for violin, viola, cello; 15 minutes
MIDI sequence
updated 2001.4.1
for voice and rock band; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of an excerpt
for voice and rock band; 4 minutes
listen to my MIDI sequence of an excerpt
for voice and punk rock band; 3 minutes
(1981) [12-Eq, but with high distortion]
for voice and punk rock band; 3 minutes
for baritone voice, clarinet, cello, bass trombone and percussion;
8 minutes
text after Shakespeare
MIDI sequence and text of it [12-Eq]
for piano; 3:02
mp3 of my MIDI sequence of the JI version
for piano; 1:39
MIDI sequence of it
for piano; 1:30
MIDI sequence of it
for small orchestra; 12 minutes
MIDI sequence of the ending
for soprano voice and violin; 10 minutes
text by T. S. Eliot
for soprano voice and piano; 1:18
text after Shakespeare
text and MIDI-file
for voice and punk rock band; 4 minutes
MIDI sequence of it
for clarinet, oboe, and bassoon; 8 minutes
for French horn, trumpet, and trombone; 5 minutes
for clarinet and string ensemble; 4 minutes
for soprano voice, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
8 minutes
text by T. S. Eliot
for piano, 3 movements; 6:14
MIDI sequence
for piano; 1:30 minutes
MIDI sequence
for orchestra; 3:21
MIDI sequence
for 2 violins, viola, and cello; 2:49 minutes
listen to my mp3 of adaptive-JI version
for piano; 12 minutes
MIDI sequence
for piano; 8 minutes
MIDI sequence
for 2 oboes, 2 horns, and strings; 10:27 minutes
mp3 of adaptive-JI version
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updated:
2000.10.25
2000.9.16
1999.12.19
1999.4.17
