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This book is a
sequel, or companion, to The Eagle 53
Guitarist Lush Chords. The book describes 823
chords that are not "lush" but are very versatile
in the right context.
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Eagle 53
in cents...
0.0, 113.2075, 203.7736, 316.9811, 384.9057, 498.1132,
588.6792,
701.8868, 815.0943, 883.0189, 1018.8679, 1086.7925, 1200.0
Eagle 53 is a tempered version (a subset of 53EDO) of the
following just scale...
1/1, 16/15, 9/8, 6/5, 5/4, 4/3, 7/5, 3/2, 8/5, 5/3, 9/5,
15/8, 2/1
I arrived at this tuning on 22nd June, 2016 with the help
of Jake Freivald.
It is not clear to me whether this tuning is new or not.
The following chords occur in Eagle 53 within 1.6 cents
of just (except the chord on A#) where the tonic, 1/1 is
E...
E 1/1 - 2:3:4:5:6:8 and 10:15:20:24:30:40 Major
& Minor
F 16/15 - 2:3:4:5:6:8
Major
F# 9/8 -
4:5:8:10:16
G 6/5 - 2:3:4:5:6:8
Major
G# 5/4 - 10:15:20:24:30:40
Minor
A 4/3 - 2:3:4:5:6:8
and 10:15:20:24:30:40 Major & Minor
A# 7/5 -
7:10:14:20
B 3/2 - 2:3:4:5:6:8 and 10:15:20:24:30:40 Major &
Minor
C 8/5 - 2:3:4:5:6:8
Major
C# 5/3 - 10:15:20:24:30:40
Minor
D 9/5 -
4:5:8:10:16
D# 15/8 - 10:15:20:24:30:40
Minor
Click here to download a
document that describes how I arrived at Eagle 53.
Click here to download 12
Hyper scales that occur on the first note of Eagle 53.
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FOR LUTHIERS...
Here is a diagram of an Eagle 53 guitar fretboard
For luthiers,
click here to
download free specifications for fret placements for Eagle
53 guitars.
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MUSIC
Click
here to hear The Seventh Rook by Chris Vaisvil. The
tuning is a seven
note subset of Raven Temperament v2 called the Rook scale.
A score for this piece can be found
here.
Click
here to hear Psalm 4 NIV, piano and vocal by Chris
Vaisvl in Raven2.
Click
here to hear Psalm 4 NIV, a capella by Chris Vaisvl
in Raven2.
Click
here to hear Psalm 4 NIV, piano only by Chris Vaisvl
in Raven2.
Click
here to hear I See the Raven by Chris Vaisvil in Raven
Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear A River of Your Tears by Chris Vaisvil in
Raven Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear Clochan an Aifir or Clochan na
bhFomhorach (Irish for The Giants
Causeway) by Chris Vaisvil in Raven Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear Debussy's Arabesque No 1 retuned to Raven
v2 by Chris Vaivil.
Click
here to hear Tuning Compare Piano by Chris Vaisvil in
Raven Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear The Flight of Souls from the Finish Line
by Chris Vaisvil in Raven v2 (Rook)
Click
here to hear Tuning Compare Tubular Bells by Chris
Vaisvil in Raven Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear A Mushroom's Life by Chris Vaisvil in
Raven Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear Inanimate Growth by Chris Vaisvil in
Raven Temperament v2.
Click
here to hear Raven Explore by Chris Vaisvil in Raven
Temperament v1.
Click
here to hear A Gift for John by Chris Vaisvil in Raven
v2
Click here to hear Rook
Scale Tune 2, by myself in Raven v2.
Crow JI (24 Limit Just Intonation worked out in or before
November 2012)
1/1, 7/6, 5/4, 4/3, 3/2, 5/3, 7/4, 2/1
Click
here to hear Waiting for the Train by Chris Vaisvil
using Crow JI tuning.
Click
here to hear John's Tuning Blues by Chris Vaisvil
which uses Crow JI.
Click
here to hear Night Drive by Chris Vaisvil which uses
Crow JI
Click here to download a
chord dictionary for Crow JI.
Chris Vaisvil's' web site:
http://www.chrisvaisvil.com
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Click here
to hear a tune I wrote using the "Blue Just Tuning"
guitar shown above. I ripped the frets out of a
standard guitar and replaced them with new frets in
different positions.
The tune
is called "John's Tune" and you can download it for
free (see bottom of page). I assert that I own
the ©Copyright of the tune (John's Tune). You
can download it free for personal use, but as
regards public broadcast and distribution, I reserve
all rights.
If you cannot play the tune here, your web browser
may be too old or may need a plug-in. Alternatively
you can download the sound file (see the bottom of
this page) and play it using iTunes or Windows Media
Player.
Use your sound control panel to shift the balance
fully to the left (to hear the chords only) or shift
the balance fully to the right (to hear the lead
only).
Below are some links to some compositions using Blue
Just and Blue Temperament tunings. If the links don't
work try downloading the MP3 files and play them using
iTunes or Windows Media Player. On a PC right click on
the link and select "Save Link As". On a Mac press the
Option(Alt) key when you click on the link to save the
file.
Blue Just Tuning
1/1 15/14 9/8 6/5 5/4
4/3 7/5 3/2 8/5 5/3
9/5 15/8 2/1
Blue Temperament (in cents)
0.0, 121.6, 200.7, 313.5,
388.4, 501.2, 580.4,
702.0, 816.9, 889.4,
1012.5, 1085.1, 1200.0
Click
here to hear Excluded By Peers by Chris Vaisvil.
This piece uses Blue Just Tuning.
Click
here to hear Perseverance by Chris Vaisvil. This
piece uses Blue Temperament tuning.
Click
here to hear Hobbits With Ale by Chris Vaisvil using
Blue Just Tuning.
Click
here to hear I Am by Chris Vaisvil using Blue
Temperament tuning.
Click
here to hear Atonement to a Centaur by Chris Vaisvil
using Blue Just Tuning.
Click
here to hear Stately Wood and Wind by Chris Vaisvil
using Blue Just Tuning.
Click
here to hear Horizons for Flute and Harpsichord,
arranged by Chris Vaisvil using Blue Just Tuning.
Click
here to hear Debussy's Arabesque No 1 retuned to
Blue Just Tuning by Chris Vaivil.
Click
here to hear Tuning Compare Piano by Chris Vaisvil
using Blue Just Tuning.
Click
here to hear Tuning Compare Tubular Bells by Chris
Vaisvil using Blue Just Tuning.
For more on Chris go to
http://www.chrisvaisvil.com
Click
here to hear Blue Lao Tzu, one of my own
compositions using Blue Just Tuning.
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My own Credo Tuning (June 2012)
0.0, 116.129, 193.5484, 309.6774, 387.0968, 503.2258,
580.6452,
696.7742, 812.9032, 890.3226, 1006.4516, 1083.871,
1200.0.
This tuning is a 12 note subset of the 31 notes in
31EDO. If a Major chord is defined as: 2:3:4:5:6:8
then the I Major, IV Major and V Major chords are all
good (i.e. all the intervals that occur in the
major chords are within +/- 6.7758 cents accuracy). The
I chord is on 0 cents, the IV
chord is on 503 cents and the V chord is on 697 cents.
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Here's a book cover I designed (but didn't
use) for my first book which was
published around 2010. The fretboard on
the right corresponds to my
Blue Just Tuning if I remember correctly.
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Click here to download
John's Tune (mp3 uncompressed 3.8 MB). If you
can't save this file to disk try holding down the
Option key (on a Mac) or the Alt key (on a PC) when
you click the link. Or try the link below.
Click here to
download John's Tune (compressed .zip 3.5 MB).
If you are having trouble downloading the uncompressed
version of John's Tune try downloading the compressed
version and decompress it afterwards. This file should
have a .mp3 extension.
Click here
for the Arabian guitar demo movie
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CONTACT: jfos777@yahoo.com
John O'Sullivan
13th November, 2023
Originally from Bandon, County Cork, Ireland
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