Widening Unequal Tempered Microtonal Pitch Space for Metaphoric and Cognitive Purposes with New Prime Number Scales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3297855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger T Dean (0000-0002-8859-8902, austraLYSIS, Sydney, and MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney, NSW 1797, Australia.., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-95 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/leon.2009.42.1.94 |
| OpenAlex | W2128322325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
I define a new set of microtonal scales based on the prime number series, and containing 41 to 91 pitches spread over the whole audible range, rather than subdividing the octave. I designed these scales for metaphorical purposes, and applied one within my performance piece Ubasuteyama (2008), written with Hazel Smith, for speaker, computer sound and digital processing. Simple timbres using partials bearing prime number ratios to their fundamental were also used to embody the scale. The scales and timbres will be amongst the subjects of cognitive studies of pitch combinations, of large and unbroken pitch intervals in melodies, and of the relation between scale and timbre
Acoustics · Arithmetic · Art · Melody · Musical · Octave (electronics) · Perception · Physics · Pitch (Music) · Prime (order theory) · Range (aeronautics) · Relative pitch · Scale (ratio) · Set (abstract data type) · Space (punctuation) · Speech recognition · Timbre · Visual arts · Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Multisensory perception and integration · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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