Just Intonation for Voice tutorial 2: Major Scale
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025
- This tutorial continues from the first one, adding two more tones to create a just tempered major scale.
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I've created these tutorials for learning to sing the intervals of natural harmony, called just intonation. It follows the methodology of William Mathieu, explained in detail in his book 'The Harmonic Experience'. I have also made a more explicit connection to Nth Indian Raga music.
So few musicians are aware of the nature of the tuning system that they use, or realise that it's one of their creative parameters. If you want to create modal music (such as Indian Classical), then the Western Equal tempered system is definitely the wrong tool for the job. These videos reveal the process of learning the older more natural system. It requires a serious commitment to relearn our perception of harmony, but the rewards, I have discovered, are many and profound.
Please post any questions and I will be happy to answer them.
Hi Bran, one question: you said MA is not part of the harmonic series. Yet some graphics show Ma is on the harmonic series as the 21st harmonic. But the MA on graphic of the harmonic series is lower than the just one. I am confused by all of this.
The 21st harmonic is called the 'septimal fourth' which means that it is a derivative of the 7th harmonic (3rd plus 7th) and is almost 30 cents flat of the perfect fourth. I don't think we use this note in raga music, except in passing. The perfect fourth exists as an interval between 3rd and 4th harmonics, but not as a harmonic tone itself, which shows that its is a reciprocal note.
85th harmonic is closest to the Ma, but still 7 cents flat.