... That's one advantage of /|\ for 1 step and /||\ for 2 steps of 31-ET. On the other hand, if you use ||\ for 2 steps of 31-ET, there's an 11-limit symbol |\...
... confusability. ... From what? Are you saying that changing the flag in the right-hand symbol from straight to curved would make it more difficult to ...
The generator mapping of orwell is [<1, 0, 3, 1], <0, 7, -3, 8]>. Here is a sequence of orwell[31] arranged in 7 columns, so a fifth (-1, +7) is one step down,...
... The curved flags are very hard to read to my eye, even alone. Put them on a staff and it's worse. ... I'm trying to be as direct and honest as possible,...
... Yep. The XH18 Sagittal paper http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/Sagittal.pdf has a complete list in Figure 13 (p. 22). Also, Table I (p. 8)...
... hand ... left ... I don't know how we might do that. At one point, when we were looking for a 4th type of flag, I suggested a right-angle flag, but both...
... I was hoping for a more recent one. Besides )/|\ , are there any new pairs outside of the list in Sagittal.pdf? ... Perfect! I assume that )/||\ is meant...
... has a ... Figure 13 is the final list of unaccented symbols and complements. ... )/|\ is in Figure 13, at the far right, where its position indicates it to...
... Herman or Graham, Sagittal.pdf was updated at the same time as the font and character map spreadsheet were updated to version 2. You may be reading an old...
... Hi Carl, Thanks for this. It would be good if you could explain this in more detail. Can you get more specific about why it is hard or how it might be...
... Should that be ~|\ ? ... Wasn't that )/|\ ? I had 4096/3969 (or alternatively, 3720087/3604480) for (/| . Or did you settle on 1323/1280 for )/|\ ? ... ...
... Yes, it's largely an aesthetic thing. But I also think it would be hard to read. Like, I can't even immediately count the number of flag types on pg. 8....
... I agree that some of the accidentals look ugly. For example, the 7C and 35M (as they're labeled in Sagittal.pdf) from Spartan. They're unbalanced. The...
... Yep, sorry again. ... Oh, golly, you're right again. I've been working on a highly detailed diagram of Sagittal symbols over the past couple of weeks, and...
... Hmm, I'm looking at possible notation for 11-limit miracle and noticed a problem with this. 100/99 appears to be the most accurate and simplest Sagittal...
Below is the list of linear temperaments used in Scala, expanded a bit lately. Can anyone tell the mapping of Egads, so I can add the TOP tuning, and the...
... noticed a ... simplest ... is the ... these ... the ... for ... 41) ... and ... ( . Herman, you've pointed up a problem we had hoped wouldn't come up this...
... Since 100/99 is only needed for one note near each end of a long chain of miracle, it might be best to avoid this problem by using the cross-shaft symbol...
... Egads appears to be <<51, 52, -36]]. If this is the case, the mapping is something like [<1, x, y], <0, 51, 52]>. With some trial and error, I end up with:...
I wrote a little program to automate some of the work of evaluating Sagittal accidentals. Given a generator mapping for a rank 2 temperament (the general idea...
Here are a few candidates for Sagittal representation of starling temperament (rank 3, tempers out 126/125) Generator mapping (2/1, 4/3, 16/15): [<1, 2, 2, 1],...
One problem with using a chain of fourths or fifths as the basis for a notation is that some tunings either have fewer than 7 fifths in a row (multiples of...
... for a ... row ... However, ... of ... the 7 ... needed ... Another is ... Hi Herman, I'm sorry I haven't been acknowledging any of the good theoretical ...
... for ... 99:100, ... expect ... as ... chain ... ( or ... G/||\ ... (note the ... although ... represents a ... ( , ... Hi Herman, The simplest ratio that...
... more ... might ... parts ... some ... understand ... 7C and ... redraw ... calligraphy, ... Could you clarify what you mean by unbalanced? I think the...
... Do you mean G!// ? Let's see ... the simplest ratios of all four pitches notated with )!!( are: (-1, +14) 9/7 G!// or G'(!/ (-1, +20) 27/14 D!// or D'(!/...
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