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- Tuning, 1991, Owen Jorgenson, Michigan State University Press, ISBN 0-87013-290-3
This well-known large red book is a comprehensive collection of every
western 12 note octave-repeating scale used in western music during the
common practice period, such as meantones and well-temperaments. Each scale listed
with cents values, piano tuning directions, and historical notes.
I like this book but some early music mavens have issues with it.
Sewn binding and acid-free paper.
- Music in Bali, 1966, Colin McPhee, Yale University Press; 1976 paper reprint, Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-30670-7780
Still the best book on Balinese gamelan but hard to find. Great discussion of Balinese music theory.
Includes measurements made in the 1930s of pelog and slendro tunings of many Balinese gamelans. Out of print.
Used copies are going for $725.
- Music in Java, 1934, 1949 (2ed.), 1973 (3ed.), Jaap Kunst, Kluwer Academic Publishing, ISBN 9-02471-5199, Two Volume set.
Includes measurements of pelog and slendro tunings of many Javanese gamelans. Out of print. $300 used.
- Genesis of a Music, 2ed., 1974, Harry Partch, Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-80106-X pbk.
The place to get started thinking about just intonation and instrument building.
- The Bohlen-Pierce Scale, Max V. Mathews and John R. Pierce,
reprinted pg 165-173, Current Directions in Computer Music Research, 1989, MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-13241-9
The first published discussion of this well-known nonoctave scale.
- A Theory of Equal-Tempered Scales, Kees van Prooijen,
Interface vol. 7 no. 1, June 1978, pp. 45-56
Possibly the earliest paper discussing a general theory of nonoctave equal temperaments.
- Tuning in to Wendy Carlos, Connor Cochran and Wendy Carlos, Electronic Musician, November 1986
Interview with Wendy Carlos about her work with tuning.
- Three Asymmetric Divisions of the Octave, Wendy Carlos,
Pitch, 1989
Technical article about the discovery and properties of three new nonoctave scales: Carlos Alpha, Beta and Gamma.
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