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13709
... What's NOT then? Does the error obey the relation (max(w)-min(w))/(max(w)+min(w)) where w are the weighted prime intervals? Graham...
Graham Breed
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Jan 1, 2006
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13710
... It works exactly like TOP, but with no 2s. In other words, you look only at intervals which are ratios of odd integers to determine the tuning....
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 1, 2006
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13711
You've probably seen this web-page: http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote/music.html Hahn lists here http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote/consist2.txt "those ETs...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 1, 2006
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13712
In this article http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/music/xen/scale_mos.html Rich Holmes sets himself the task of finding good 7-limit linear temperaments with low...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 2, 2006
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13713
... Actually, on another page he does get to "nonlinear" temperaments and pajara comes into its own....
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 2, 2006
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13714
I'm writing a series of pieces in 46-tet on a dare, but I've never used it before. If someone could provide a quick crash course, it would be really helpful. ...
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Jan 2, 2006
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13715
... Where would I go to find definitions of these? - Rich Holmes...
Rich Holmes
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Jan 3, 2006
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13716
... A good place to start might be to take a look at a "lattice" diagram with fifths on the horizontal axis and major thirds going upward to the right. 24 05...
Herman Miller
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Jan 3, 2006
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13717
... Meantone[12] is 12 contiguous notes of septimal meantone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimal_meantone_temperament For example, Eb to G#. Orwell is...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13718
Thank you so much. These are really helpful....
Rozencrantz the Sane
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Jan 3, 2006
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13719
Star, in its 46-et incarnation is: [3, 12, 15, 24, 27, 34, 39, 46]. Nova in its 46-et incarnation is [5, 12, 15, 24, 27, 34, 39, 46]. If we detemper these to...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13720
... Diaschismic is certainly a nicer name than srutal. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 3, 2006
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13721
... Could you elaborate on what you find helpful? I like to know stuff like chords, comma pumps, and linear temperaments myself....
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13722
... Those would be really helpful too, but this was enough of an outline for me to start figuring those out. I'm still feeling around in the dark, it's just a...
Rozencrantz the Sane
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Jan 3, 2006
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13723
... Sensi is a good way to organize 46-et when the focus is on the 7-limit, but other systems are particularly interesting in higher limits. Valentine, the...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
7:29 am
13724
Here's another old 46 article: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning-math/message/10604 Note semisixths is the old name for sensi....
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13725
... I'll PayPal $10 to the first person who can find a post where this change was announced / agreed upon. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 3, 2006
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13726
Since 46-et tempers out 126/125, it has the 6/5-6/5-6/5-7/6, septimal semicomma type diminished seventh chord. This is a 12-12-12-10 chord, and of course has...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13727
... I'm pretty sure Paul announced something else, and I wanted sensi since that was cuter. Paul is still holding out for sensisept. As for agreeing on things,...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13728
Most obviously, the 176/175 augented triad, 5/4-5/4-14/11, which becomes 15-15-16 in 46-et. Also, the Bohlen-Pierce, 245/243 augmented triad, 9/7-9/7-6/5, is...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13729
... Sure. But let me rephrase that: How do people who keep track of these things keep track of them, and if it's in a file would they consider making it...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 3, 2006
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13730
... These are good questions. There's my web page, however: http://66.98.148.43/~xenharmo/sevnames.htm...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
1:43 pm
13731
By "sensi notation", I mean I give them in terms of generator steps of 17 out of 46. The root of the chord can be anywhere. Major triad 0-7-9 Minor triad 0-2-9...
Gene Ward Smith
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Jan 3, 2006
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13732
... OK, so 1200 cent period and a generator of 696.88 cents? Then you need 1, 4, 10 generators to reach 3/2, 5/4, 7/4 (e.g. 7/4 = 969 cents ~= 10*696.88 mod...
Rich Holmes
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Jan 3, 2006
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13733
... useful ... Once again, I shouldn't have been so hasty in my conclusion about the usefulness of these formulas -- once I realized that I didn't have to go...
George D. Secor
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Jan 3, 2006
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13734
... That's a start. I wasn't aware of it. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 3, 2006
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13735
... Is this simpler than Wendell's scale? -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 3, 2006
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13736
... I've experimented with some of these before and can report that some very effective results can be obtained with them. Consider the chord E:G:A#/Bb:C#/Db...
George D. Secor
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Jan 3, 2006
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13737
... 4, ... on ... of ... B, ... initiated) ... Yes, because: 1) Wendell's rational version (per GWS) has one major-triad brat approximating 2 (C major,...
George D. Secor
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Jan 3, 2006
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13738
... I most certainly disagree. One of the important features of TOP you have thrown out is that TOP is still TOP even if you only look at the intervals...
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