The Structure of Recognizable Diatonic Tunings / / Easley Blackwood.
In a comprehensive work with important implications for tuning theory and musicology, Easley Blackwood, a distinguished-composer, establishes a mathematical basis for the family of diatonic tunings generated by combinations of perfect fifths and octaves.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Leg...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1986 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Fundamental Properties of Musical Intervals -- Chapter II. The Diatonic Scale in Pythagorean Tuning -- Chapter III. Names and Distributional Patterns of the Diatonic Intervals -- Chapter IV. Extended Pythagorean Tuning -- Chapter V. The Diatonic Scale in Just Tuning -- Chapter VI. Extended Just Tuning -- Chapter VII. Musical Examples in Just Tuning -- Chapter VIII. The Diatonic Scale in Meantone Tuning -- Chapter IX. Extended Meantone Tuning -- Chapter X. The General Family of Recognizable Diatonic Tunings -- Chapter XI. Equal Tunings and Closed Circles of Fifths -- Chapter XII. The Diatonic Equal Tunings -- Index |
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Summary: | In a comprehensive work with important implications for tuning theory and musicology, Easley Blackwood, a distinguished-composer, establishes a mathematical basis for the family of diatonic tunings generated by combinations of perfect fifths and octaves.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400854073 9783110413441 9783110413502 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400854073 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Easley Blackwood. |