Example tuning system and melody for Assignment 5

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Play melody w/ harmony using 12et:

(.mid - Requires MIDI plug-in)

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Can you predict what will happen to the melodic and harmonic structure when you use this tuning instead of 12et?

Melody	Melody + Harmony
Play melody using Reg's 7:5 Wicked Tritone Tuning: (.mov - Requires QuickTime plug-in)	Play melody & harmony using Reg's 7:5 Wicked Tritone Tuning: (.mov - Requires QuickTime plug-in)

Notice how the quality of the major triads (C, Db, and D) change. The C triad is stable, having been tuned a just 6:5:4. However, as you can see, the Db & D triads are not just. In this music, they have been exploited for the capacity to suggest movement. First, the Db chord nicely supports the Bb in the melody (bar 2) creating an added-tone triad (Bb6). Next, the D triad nicely supports the F# and Eb in the melody (bar 3, beat 1), while the second Db chord (bar 3 beat 2) creates an exciting (low) tritone substitution.