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15857
... It doesn't work for me. I may have used it before -- at least something similar. ... I use Python for lots of things and I've copied code to Ocaml, C, and...
Graham Breed
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Dec 2, 2006
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15858
... You're not thinking of Octave are you? -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 2, 2006
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15859
... No. I've looked at Octave, or at least downloaded it, but I was thinking of a language for some specific kind of algebra. Graham...
Graham Breed
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Dec 2, 2006
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15860
... I haven't heard of it, but thanks for telling us about it. ... I use it for pure math stuff rather than music, but a freeware program I like and which can...
Gene Ward Smith
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Dec 2, 2006
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15861
http://www.bookofparagon.com/News/News_00012.htm Hmm... -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 8, 2006
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15862
... I don't think there is much, if anything, new here. Systematic ways of defining division by zero go back to the introduction of zero by Brahmagupta, and...
Gene Ward Smith
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Dec 8, 2006
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15863
I've added another search at http://x31eq.com/temper/ so if you want to find temperaments by RMS Tenney-weighted prime limit errors and complexities, you can...
Graham Breed
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Dec 9, 2006
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15864
... It's quite a lot easier to do RMS just by the nature of the beast....
Gene Ward Smith
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Dec 9, 2006
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15865
Hello all, I've just updated my webpage on valve trumpet intonation, http://tonalsoft.com/monzo/trumpet/trumpet-intonation.htm greatly expanding the old table...
monz
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Dec 16, 2006
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15866
... AARRRRRRRGGGGGHHH !!!!!!!!! So no matter how much trouble a poster goes thru to format a table correctly, Yahoo is determined to sabotage it. Sucks. -monz ...
monz
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Dec 16, 2006
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15867
... Looks fine in my e-mail client. But, though I didn't read your page, I generally don't like this sort of thing because it tends to imply the trumpet's...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 16, 2006
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15868
... I'd reduce your data to the octave, create a Scala scl file, and do "fit to et" on it....
Gene Ward Smith
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Dec 16, 2006
10:25 pm
15869
... I took a look. Note: * The overblown notes of a trumpet aren't necessarily harmonics. * 2 of the 3 valve slides are adjustable, and are adjusted ...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 16, 2006
10:37 pm
15870
This happens because it is a slightly conical bore which they did to make playing in 12 ET easier. Bruce Fowler pointed this out to me about the trombone when...
Kraig Grady
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Dec 16, 2006
11:23 pm
15871
... The bore on all brass instruments is conical, and it was so before anyone ever heard of 12-equal. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 17, 2006
12:06 am
15872
... The trumpets of baroque times were longer I think, which makes it easier to play higher 'harmonics', which they had to do to play scales. On the modern...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 17, 2006
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15873
yes at the end. but they are now from the start and don't believe this is always been the case. ... -- Kraig Grady North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island...
Kraig Grady
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Dec 17, 2006
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15874
... Hm, may-bee. I don't know what effect that would have on the modes of the instrument (the physics term for what we've been calling 'harmonics', which are...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 17, 2006
12:38 am
15875
... From what I remember it's a horribly complex subject. A conical bore won't give harmonic-series modes (they're something like n-squared instead of n)....
Graham Breed
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Dec 17, 2006
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15876
... Thanks for chiming in here, Graham. ... I know you probably meant this last sentence with dry humor, but it is technically possible to have a conical...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 18, 2006
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15877
i am sure someone will one make a 'virtual' one ... -- Kraig Grady North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/index.html> The Wandering...
Kraig Grady
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Dec 18, 2006
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15878
... Doesn't the extension from the valve to where it rejoins the main bore have to cylindrical or can it be conical with a different taper? My recollection is...
David Bowen
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Dec 18, 2006
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15879
Hi Carl, Did you *really* read my page? I mention all kinds of caveats, including the fact that there are tuning slides, that the 7th harmonic is rarely used,...
monz
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Dec 18, 2006
4:21 am
15880
... There can't be a single taper for the horn in both valved and unvalved states, that's for sure. But neither *has* to be cylindrical. ... Hm, interesting...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 18, 2006
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15881
... I'm sorry I didn't have time to read your page completely. I said only that I took "a look". I don't feel that caveats are strong enough to make the page...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 18, 2006
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15882
... Hey, Monz: 1) Calm down. 2) While viewing this message, look to the right for the selection "show message option" and click on it. 3) Then look below that,...
George D. Secor
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Dec 18, 2006
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15883
... The bore of all brass instruments is partially conical (at each end) and partially cylindrical (in the middle, where the valves and tuning slides are...
George D. Secor
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Dec 18, 2006
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15884
... Aha! ... I wonder how much tubing/complexity this would add to the instrument... ... Sure, but it's already unacceptable for the very accurate 5-limit JI...
Carl Lumma
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Dec 19, 2006
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15885
... <snip> Hey guys ... my initial post on this has generated a big discussion which is almost entirely off-topic for this list. I wish i had spoken up about...
monz
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Dec 19, 2006
7:39 am
15887
Hi, I notice that you talk about many different scales that are more or less consonant. What about dissonant scales? I don't know why one would want to create...
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