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I am a young composer interested in non-equal-tempered tuning systems. I
would like to work primarily with acoustic instruments and not electronic
ones. I recently pondered dividing the octave by means of the harmonic
series. Using the first 31 natural harmonics of a fundamental I arrived at
a 16 note octave. (Half the harmonics are repetitions). The relationship
from one frequency to the next is mathematically arithmetic and not
geometric; that is, the distance between pitches decreases as one ascends
the octave. Does anyone know if a composer, or perhaps another culture,
has utilized a system similar to this? Also, I would like to expose myself
more to "microtonal" music and non-traditional (at least in a modern
Western sense) tuning systems. If anyone has any suggestions of recordings
or books for me I would greatly appreciate it.
Best,
Kyle Major
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