Duane Pitre was poised to become a street skating legend. Now he embraces just intonation. By Grayson Haver Currin When he retired for the first time, Duane Pitre was 23. It was the winter of 1997, ...

Just intonation is a mathematical and sonic framework in which every interval derives from the simplest integer ratios between two notes’ frequencies. This approach mirrors the natural overtone series ...

For most Western musicians since the 18th century, the tuning system known as equal temperament is the structural bedrock of musical life. By compromising the pure harmonies of the natural world - ...

A few years ago, [Chad] wanted to build a musical instrument. Not just any musical instrument, mind you, but one with just intonation. Where modern western music maps 12 semitones onto a logarithmic ...