Intervals, Scales, Tones and the Concert Pitch CTemple Lodge Publishing, 2004 - 198 pagine Why is it that certain intervals, scales, and tones sound genuine, while others sound false? Is the modern person able to experience a qualitative difference in a tone's pitch? If so, what are the implications for modern concert pitch and how instruments of fixed tuning are tuned? Renold tackles these and many other questions and provides a wealth of scientific data. Her pioneering work is the result of a lifetime of research into the Classical Greek origin of Western music and the search for modern developments. She deepens our musical understanding by using Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science as a basis, and she elucidates many of his puzzling statements about music. The results of her work include the following discoveries:
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Sommario
Introduction and General Outline | 1 |
Terminology Used for the Different Types of Intervals Tones and Scales | 7 |
The Twelfthtone Row the True Intervals and a Comparison with the Just | 13 |
The Octave and the Harmonic Geometric and Arithmetic Means in Music | 19 |
The Seven Aulos Modes of Ancient Greece | 27 |
Aulos Modes and Just Scales | 39 |
Greek Scale Names | 46 |
The Scale of Twelve Fifths | 57 |
The True C Major Scale and Two Indications Rudolf Steiner Gave to Wilhelm | 91 |
Rudolf Steiners Tone Spiral | 104 |
The Secret of the Octave Open Fourths and Fifths and Resonating Difference | 129 |
A New Method of Tuning the Scale of Twelve Fifths | 140 |
Structure of the Newly Tuned Scale of Twelve Fifths | 152 |
Absolute Pitch and c 128 Hz | 159 |
How to Build and Use a Monochord | 167 |
Graphic Representations of the Scale of Twelve Fifths by Paul Davis | 178 |
The Individual Quality of the Single Tones and Rudolf Steiners Concert Pitch | 69 |
Details of the Inherent Qualities of the Tones C and A c 128 and 130 828 | 76 |
The Tones of the Aulos Sun Mode and the Tone c 128 Hz | 85 |
Addresses of Instrument Makers Known to Us Who Build Instruments | 186 |
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