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}}</ref> was a [[microwave engineering|microwave electronics]] and [[telecommunications engineering|communications engineer]]. |
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He designed and described numerous non-[[octave]] [[scale (music)|musical scales]] (alternative [[musical tuning]]s and [[musical temperament|temperaments]]), many based on [[combination tone]]s, including the [[Bohlen–Pierce scale]] in 1972 (independently discovered by [[John R. Pierce]] in 1984, also a microwave electronics and communications engineer, six years later and [[Kees van Prooijen]] in 1978),<ref>"[http://ziaspace.com/_microtonality/BP/inventors/ the {{sic|two|nolink=1|correct=three}} inventors of the bohlen-pierce scale]", ''ZiaSpace.com''.</ref> the [[A12 scale]], and the [[833 cents scale]]. |
He designed and described numerous non-[[octave]] [[scale (music)|musical scales]] (alternative [[musical tuning]]s and [[musical temperament|temperaments]]), many based on [[combination tone]]s, including the [[Bohlen–Pierce scale]] in 1972 (independently discovered by [[John R. Pierce]] in 1984, also a microwave electronics and communications engineer, six years later and [[Kees van Prooijen]] in 1978),<ref>"[http://ziaspace.com/_microtonality/BP/inventors/ the {{sic|two|nolink=1|correct=three}} inventors of the bohlen-pierce scale] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426155530/http://ziaspace.com/_microtonality/BP/inventors/ |date=2012-04-26 }}", ''ZiaSpace.com''.</ref> the [[A12 scale]], and the [[833 cents scale]]. |
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Bohlen began to question and investigate tunings in the early 1970s when a friend and graduate student at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg|Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater]] asked him to begin recording concerts at the school. Bohlen asked students why all their music used [[equal temperament|twelve-tone equal temperament]], including the octave, and, dissatisfied with the answers, began to investigate alternate tunings.<ref name="Conference"/> |
Bohlen began to question and investigate tunings in the early 1970s when a friend and graduate student at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg|Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater]] asked him to begin recording concerts at the school. Bohlen asked students why all their music used [[equal temperament|twelve-tone equal temperament]], including the octave, and, dissatisfied with the answers, began to investigate alternate tunings.<ref name="Conference"/> |
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Heinz P. Bohlen (26 June 1935 – 2 February 2016[citation needed])[1][2] was a microwave electronics and communications engineer.
He designed and described numerous non-octave musical scales (alternative musical tunings and temperaments), many based on combination tones, including the Bohlen–Pierce scale in 1972 (independently discovered by John R. Pierce in 1984, also a microwave electronics and communications engineer, six years later and Kees van Prooijen in 1978),[3] the A12 scale, and the 833 cents scale.
Bohlen began to question and investigate tunings in the early 1970s when a friend and graduate student at the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater asked him to begin recording concerts at the school. Bohlen asked students why all their music used twelve-tone equal temperament, including the octave, and, dissatisfied with the answers, began to investigate alternate tunings.[1]
Sources
- ^ a b "Heinz Bohlen", Bohlen-Pierce-Conference.org.
- YouTube
- ^ "the two [sic] inventors of the bohlen-pierce scale Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine", ZiaSpace.com.
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