Eight Preludes for Piano and Sax in Ancient Greek Attunements (Harmonia) in Just Intonation (Microtonal)
written and recorded by jack bagby (piano and virtual instruments) and jonathan kay (soprano sax) 2023 each prelude is in a different just intonation ancient tuning, as described in Ptolemy’s Harmonikon.
0:00 Archytas (tonic) soft diatonic
2:24 Ptolemy’s even diatonic
5:13 Ptolemy’s soft diatonic
6:30 Ptolemy’s soft diatonic inverted
9:26 Aristoxenus tense diatonic
10:51 Aristoxenus soft diatonic
12:52 Pythagorean (ditonic) diatonic 12 tone
15:21 Didymus (tense) diatonic 12 tone
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