VMs: The Music of Voynich?

[Cynthia and Stan Tenen <meru1@xxxxxxxx>]

This is Cynthia Tenen, Stan Tenen's wife (and the person who manages our 
email).  I was going to send a message signing off of the Voynich list for 
now -- we've just been too busy to keep up with the discussion -- but then, 
Stan realized that what we've been working on recently might also be 
relevant to the Voynich investigation.

Stan, and Meru Foundation, have been investigating the origin and nature of 
the Hebrew letter-text of Genesis -- including the existence of what 
appears to be a woven structure to this letter-text -- for the last  35 
years.  One of the earliest techniques we tried to see if we could detect 
structure in the text was to turn the text (by various schemes) into 
musical notes, and then play out the text-string to see what it sounded 
like.  (It's easier to hear patterns in a string of sequential data than to 
see them.)  In the case of Genesis, there were definite musical qualities 
to the text-string, and for years we've wanted to make a "Music of Genesis" 
recording of various different renderings of the text.  --We have now just 
issued our first CD, "FIRST SOUND(tm): The Music of Genesis" -- which 
includes both experimental material, and a brilliant new symphonic 
composition that (while it follows definite rules for transcription) is (in 
my opinion) a stunning piece of music all on its own.  If you're 
interested, you can find more information about our music CD at 
<www.meetingtent.com/firstsound.html> (this is on our secure-server website).

Has anyone used the same (or similar) techniques to try to pull out some 
structure to the Voynich text?  You would need, minimally, to assign a 
particular sound (combination of tone and instrumentation, probably) to 
each letter-shape, and then play out the text (as above)  There are other 
variations of this idea that could also be tried.  If anyone would like to 
know in greater detail how we worked with the Genesis text, please feel 
free to contact Stan at <meru1@xxxxxxxx>.

--So, we're not signing off just yet. <smile>

Best,
Cynthia


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