[lbo-talk] For LBO's music theory crowd

[Chuck Grimes]

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 19:39 -0800, Miles Jackson wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
> > 
> 
> > This is what the paper says: "All musical traditions employ a  
> > relatively small set of tonal intervals for composition and  
> > performance, each interval being defined by its relationship to the  
> > lowest tone of the set. Such sets are called musical scales. Despite  
> > some interesting variations such as the pélog scale used by Gamelan  
> > orchestras in Indonesia whose metallophone instruments generate  
> > nonharmonicovertones, the scales predominantly used in all cultures  
> > over the centuries have used some (or occasionally all) of the 12  tonal 
> > intervals that in Western musical terminology are referred to as  the 
> > chromatic scale (Nettl, 1956
> > ; Carterette and Kendall, 1999
> > )."
> > 
> > Is this what you're saying is empirically wrong? Have Nettle and/or  
> > Carterette and Kendall, about whom I know nothing, been proved fakers?
> 
> You can find sources to support any argument.  Based on my reading of 
> anthopological evidence, I do not agree with the above sources.  I 
> encourage people interested in the debate to do a thorough review of the 
> available evidence.
> 
> Miles
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Geeze guys, thanks for clearing this up. I'll post other comments and
questions on a separate post I've been working since Miles posted.

CG