Re: Yoon & Teoh: Correlation between composition and conlanging? ;)

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Markus Miekk-oja wrote:

> >If I could figure out microtones, pentatonics, etc. and understood more
> >about non-Western modes of music, I would try it.  As it stands I'm too
> >afraid I'll screw it up.
>
> Well, I've been toying with the idea of creating a whole new music system,
> and I know abit music-theory (though only having played paino for
> three years (and I hated it!) and fallen in love with a Guitar about a year
> ago...)
<wry g>  I was given a copy of Donald Grout's whatever-the-title-was and
just couldn't get through it.

I play piano decently, viola poorly (out of practice since I went to
college), soprano and alto recorders okay, harmonica okay (self-taught),
pennywhistle okay (self-taught, but the fingering is intuitive),
classical guitar okay (out of practice).  Notice that these are all
Western instruments.  :-/  My mom wanted me to learn kayageum (a
Korean...zither?) but never got the chance to enroll me.

> However, I think this discussion should take place on conculture...so I'd
> be happy if somebody could tell me how to subscribe :-) ... ?
Same here.  :-)

> Anyhow, what about splitting the octave in five tones with an equal
> interval,
I think there *is* a music system that does something similar--splits the
octave into 4 or 5 equal intervals.  I can't even imagine how it'd sound.

YHL