For those of you who don't know, I love Mental_Floss with a deep and everlasting passion. And this series on classical music is wonderful.
Enjoy!
11.13.2010
Hermode Tuning
For those of you interested in tunings, my friend Chris introduced me to hermode tuning. If you click on the "HMT" link at the top of the home page, you can get an introduction to the concept. Apparently the creators of hermode tuning use dynamic rather than static tuning. Most tunings use a standard ratio for all intervals, i.e., static tuning. Dynamic tuning adjusts to the musical content, apparently. Personally, I think this is really amazing, but I don't know of any other dynamic tuning systems. If anyone does, please let me know!
You can listen to hermode tunings here. What I particularly like about this site is that they give several different sound options for each example. It's often difficult to hear the differences between equal temperament and something less standard unless you can hear them in succession. But it really does make a difference.
11.11.2010
Federico Mompou
I don't remember the last time I was so excited about a composer discovery. Seriously. I discovered Federico Mompou like ten minutes ago, and have spent the last nine minutes furiously youtubing everything I can find. I'm so excited that I have to write about this right now instead of practicing for my lesson.
Mompou was a Spanish composer during the late 20th century (he died in the eighties). According to Wikipedia (my most reliable source during this hasty, excitable post), he was influenced by French Impressionism, most notably Satie (whom I also love! Eek!).
I really don't know anything else about him, and am too excited about sharing this with the world to actually look anything up. His music is beautiful. Maybe this is just my rebelling against too much Mozart. Mompou is gloriously ametrical and ethereal. There's so much space! And freedom!
Just listen, and revel in it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jweZ2sgHwhE&feature=related
Mompou was a Spanish composer during the late 20th century (he died in the eighties). According to Wikipedia (my most reliable source during this hasty, excitable post), he was influenced by French Impressionism, most notably Satie (whom I also love! Eek!).
I really don't know anything else about him, and am too excited about sharing this with the world to actually look anything up. His music is beautiful. Maybe this is just my rebelling against too much Mozart. Mompou is gloriously ametrical and ethereal. There's so much space! And freedom!
Just listen, and revel in it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jweZ2sgHwhE&feature=related
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