©<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HarryPartch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarryPartch</span></a> was an American <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/composer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>composer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musictheorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>musictheorist</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/creator" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creator</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unique" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unique</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/instruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>instruments</span></a>. He composed using scales of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unequal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unequal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/intervals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intervals</span></a> in just <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/intonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intonation</span></a>, & was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/microtonal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microtonal</span></a> scales, alongside <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LouHarrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LouHarrison</span></a>, he built his own instruments in these <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tunings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tunings</span></a> on which to play his <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/compositions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>compositions</span></a>, & described the method behind his theory & practice in his book <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GenesisofaMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenesisofaMusic</span></a> (1947).</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_</span><span class="invisible">Partch</span></a></p>