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JMDL Digest           Sunday, May 18 2014           Volume 2014 : Number 757



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  Re: tuning to the birds                        [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com]

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Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 19:35:58 -0400
From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com
Subject: Re: tuning to the birds

I don't think she is even aware of the difference. She is so intuitive that the translation from "bird" to "chromatic scale" happens subliminally. All she knows is that she's writing because she honed in on the birds. Her muse (Sadie, her maternal grandmother), did the rest.  Yeah, I said that.  

Jim



>That sounds like interview-speak to me. All of her tunings are concordant, if unconventional, and conform to the notes in the chromatic scale. Bird song certainly has its pitches, but is unconfined to any scale or temperament. Its more likely Joni found inspiration when out in nature, as probably most artists do, but went a step further to intrigue the interviewer in claiming she actually tuned to the birds.>

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