Re: Just Intonation MIDI file

[Graham Breed]

"dadadharma @dslextreme.com" <address@hidden>
wrote:
> This YouTube by Hajo (dl1sdz) claims to have generated a
> just intonation MIDI file from a LilyPond file.
> 
> BWV-988-Var-12-Just.AVI
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rkaueIngyY>
> 
> How does one do this?

Well, disappointingly they didn't do the tuning in Lilypond.
But they could have.

> I can find "just intonation" in the glossary but not in
> the rest of the documentation.
> 
> I am interested in generating sound files for singing
> practice using the simple Pythagorean ratios.

http://x31eq.com/lilypond/

Use regular.ly with tuning=#53 or some other equal
temperament that gets close enough for you.  Normally
notated notes will then be Pythagorean.


                         Graham