Reformulating Burmese Harp Tunings

dc.contributor.author	Rahn, Jay
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-02T22:35:45Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-02T22:35:45Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10-02
dc.description.abstract	Distinctive in shape, size, construction and playing position, the Burmese harp has been traditionally tuned by ear; that is, without the intervention of a monochord or more recent devices, such as electronic tuners. In the latter regard, it is similar to harps and lyres of Antiquity: in Mesopotamia about four millennia ago, Ancient Greece more than 2300 years ago, and Ancient India about 1700 years ago. Also of plausible relevance to Burmese harp tuning are tunings of fixed-frequency instruments of other Southeast Asian traditions: of Central Java and Thailand, for example. Although such xylophones and metallophones have also been tuned by ear and employed in Burmese classical music along with the harp, the inharmonic spectra of their tones differ from the harmonic spectra produced by the open strings of the harps and lyres just mentioned. In particular, open strings produce predictable beats when plucked simultaneously.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10315/36518
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/	*
dc.subject	harp burma tuning ancient India synnemenon Myhill's Property half-flat exchange tones	en_US
dc.title	Reformulating Burmese Harp Tunings	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US

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