031 - Paul Erlich

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In this episode, we explore a brief history of regular temperament theory, and also talk about the basics of microtonal interval construction.Our Patreon bonus content for this episode features Paul and I going over audio examples of the Porcupine and Miracle examples in Paul’s paper “A Middle Path,” and getting more in-depth about the scales themselves and their different intonations.

Music

Intro: Decatonic Swing - Paul Erlich & Ari SarkissianBlacklight - Joseph Pehrson (cellist: Dan Barrett)BlackandJill - Joseph Pehrson (udderbot: Jacob Barton)

Outro: Herman Miller - Mizarian Porcupine Overture

Socials/Projects:

Paul’s Middle Path paper:

https://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/paperspdf/Erlich-MiddlePath.pdf

Joe Monzo’s website (zoom in on projective tuning space):http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/e/equal-temperament.aspx A document of historical interest:https://robertinventor.com/mills_txt/_3000_onwards/msg____3002.txt?fbclid=IwAR16KZCoHwRNIYGfP7M6RWImm8sSgcf6ak3EzCKAzhlF1hk2KKDZAWAfm3k Joseph Pehrson:https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandID=104245&content=songs Herman Miller:https://soundcloud.com/morphosyntax-1 Feedspot's Top 10 Music Theory Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_theory_podcasts/

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Links to upcoming 2020 events

Beyond Microtonal (2/28-3/1): https://music.pitt.edu/beyond

MicroFest Prague (4/23-4/25): https://microintervalinstitute.wordpress.com/

UnTwelve Xenharmonic Convergence (7/19-7/26): https://untwelve.org/summer_camp

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