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May 29, 2020 1 hr 45 min

038 - Joe Monzo

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Joe Monzo and I talk about lots of tuning theory and memories of events past. Comparisons are made between 37edo (alas! The episode is only 1 away!) and 22edo, as he recently completed a wildly chromatic score of a 37edo piece called "The Kog Sisters." Joe Monzo came up with many important concepts and has gathered a lot of historical and mathematical information together on his website, initially hosted at sonic-arts, but now on tonalsoft. We talk jazz, Tonescape (lattice software), Musescore, workflow, his book (JustMusic), notation (especially of 37edo), LaMonte Young, the monzo (easy way to write primes which Joe first used in tuning theory), interval lists, high-number EDO's as measurement tools, and, of course, "breaking the lattice barrier." Music Intro: Kog Sisters (37edo) - Joe Monzo Glass Onion (retempered in 22edo by Joe Monzo) - The Beatles Afrikan Song - Joe Monzo 1000003-limit JI (from 🎧👂🔜🖤💗📛🎲🎰🎮🥇🚴🌫👂👂💘) - Stephen Weigel Comma pump puzzle - Bendetti 19-tone samba - Joe Monzo Noiseless Patient Spider (mixed 144edo and JI) - Joe Monzo Kuh-meah (13-limit JI) - Joe Monzo Outro: Kraigian (13-limit JI) - Joe Monzo Check out Joe's website, Tonescape, and his book (JustMusic)! New website: http://tonalsoft.com/monzo/worklist/worklist.aspx Old website: http://tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/monzo/worklist/worklist.htm Download Tonescape (lattice software for Windows): http://www.tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/help/essentials/downloading.aspx JustMusic (the book): https://books.google.com/books/about/JustMusic.html?id=rbAHtwAACAAJ Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA

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