Sorry for the multi-post but just realised it was more relevant here and maybe someone here doesn't follow the main tuning list. My main aim however is to...
A musical algorithm for obtaining quick, good quality microtonal music in ANY equal temperament is this: Choose any interval between 0 and 1200 cents. Start...
... <robertthomasmartin@...> wrote: Choose any reasonable 3-note microtonal chord. For example, choose 0- 273-655 cents in 22tet. Map this chord to C-E-G. This...
... <robertthomasmartin@...> wrote: The white notes are 0-218-436-491-709-927-1145-1200. The black notes are 109-327-600-818-1036 and the sky blue notes are...
... 7/4, ... as ... the ... 88edo, ... 12, ... temperaments, ... of 22tet is worthwhile. 22tet is my personal favorite and I'm not surprised to find out lots...
Would it be possible for all you math adepts to occasionally translate your ideas into cents which are more easily understood and implemented in real life...
Is it possible that there is a basin of attraction to Western music? If so then what is it? Consider the following where figures are rounded off to the nearest...
... I would suggest the main tuning list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning as the best place for this sort of thing. I'd be happy to try to answer...
... This scale could be seen as a subset of the 128th mode of the harmonic series (as you point out), and see this recent thread for some stuff along those...
... and ... out ... jargon. ... bit ... challenged ... thereby ... would ... translate them into cents so that musicians like myself can try to to understand...
... music? If ... rounded ... and ... that ... The idea of limiting musical ratios to low numbers is unscientific and unproven. I am simply opening up an...
Hi Robert, ... Well, check out some of the tutorial materials linked to on this list's home page. ... Hardly. ... Have you made any contentions? I missed...
The formula for converting ratios to cents: c=(1200/log2) multiplied by log r. (or c=3986.313714 multiplied by log r where r is the decimal equivalent of the...
... Robert, This sort of thing is prerequisite for this list. It's acceptable to ask about such a formula on the main tuning list or makemicromusic, but it is...
... are ... Why ... of attraction for Western music is close to 12tet. The ratios I supplied fit into the basin of attraction which conform very closely with...
... by ... data? What do you expect newcomers to think? I simply don't agree with the basic premise that low number ratios have a direct bearing on music....
Hi Robert, ... Huh? Psychoacoustics provides both evidence for a 'simple ratios' theory of consonance and a model (that fits with anatomy) explaining why it...
... Paul's ideas are about choosing chords or scales from 22-equal (or even sometimes 12-equal). You can't translate that into cents. The tuning is always...
... appearing soon on a Spanish microtonal website called apocatastasis.com namely my universal 3-note chord algorithm. Everything that I try to do is simple...
Hi Robert, ... I've tried to be nice, but let's be clear: there's no debate yet. Like many newcomers to these mailings lists, you may be unaware that they have...
... occurs elsewhere. I've been carrying out microtonal experiments since 1987. I have so far designed five musical algorithms two of which I have posted to...
Robert wrote... ... As you described it, it doesn't even rise to the status of "algorithm". It appears you are: 1. choosing a triad 2. finding its nearest...