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there's an amazing video on youtube about how metal bar/gong instruments (like gamelans) have different overtones, and regular western intervals instead of bein

there's an amazing video on youtube about how metal bar/gong instruments (like gamelans) have different overtones, and regular western intervals instead of being consonant (like with vibrating strings) are dissonant - even perfect 5ths - and a totally different set of intervals are consonant (slendro and pelog tunings are a bit different for this reason). thinking about it, each drum here would have totally different ideal scales to the others. this is cool.

g6taa 2mo ago
Do you have a hint on how to find that video?
- telotortium 2mo ago
  It’s “The Physics of Dissonance”: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag https://youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag
  - andai 2mo ago
    Wow, thanks for sharing. The video shows this tool, which has a 3D harmony/dissonance explorer, which can be used as a makeshift musical insturment. https://aatishb.com/dissonance/ https://aatishb.com/dissonance/
  - g6taa 2mo ago
    Thank you!
olelele 2mo ago
A friend told me that a Dutch university ordered a custom gamelan tuned chromatically. It was a total failure and sounds terrible. The gamelan are made one by one w the oldest member of the group making his first and everyone tuning theirs from his down in turn, IIRC.