David B. Doty's lyrics & chords

An American composer and authority on just intonation. He is the author of The Just Intonation Primer (1993, 1994, 2002). Inspired in part by the work of Harry Partch, Doty began composing in 1970 and co-founded the San Francisco based ensemble Other Music, with Henry S. Rosenthal and Dale S. Soules, in 1975. After Doty studied intonation with Lou Harrison, members of Other Music built an American Gamelan based on a 14-tone-per-octave just tuning designed by Doty and Soules. Other Music performed extensively in Northern California using these i...read more