Too big - porque - the arithmetic is wrong (164*5) + (195*2) = 1210 instead of 1200

On 7 Dec 2005, at 14:24, MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:18:25 -0800
> From: Carl Lumma <ekin@...>
> Subject: Re: eventually
>
>> If i take meta mavila out to 16 and use the 7 tone subset and play
>> it l s s l s s s it sounds like 'major' to my ear even though it is
>> anything but
>
> You're referring to the case where s ~ 164 and L ~ 195 cents?
> s sounds way too large to me to be confused with the meantone-type
> diatonic.
>
> -Carl

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Note I used tildas, which means approximately. And note this is
TOP mavila, which has stretched octaves.

-Carl

>>> If i take meta mavila out to 16 and use the 7 tone subset and play
>>> it l s s l s s s it sounds like 'major' to my ear even though it is
>>> anything but
>>
>> You're referring to the case where s ~ 164 and L ~ 195 cents?
>> s sounds way too large to me to be confused with the meantone-type
>> diatonic.
>>
>> -Carl
>
>Charles Lucy - lucy@...
>------------ Promoting global harmony through LucyTuning -------
>for information on LucyTuning go to: http://www.lucytune.com
>for LucyTuned Lullabies go to http://www.lullabies.co.uk
>Buy/download/CD from: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lucytuned2