Re: [tuning] New (Improved!) Temperament (Extra)ordinare

Actually, I find it a breath of fresh air compared to the unpalatable
tones of 12-equal.

Here are two more amateurish executions in this tuning:

http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/music/2partinventionBach.mp3

http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/music/G#Prelude_Bach.mp3

Excuse the mistakes! I was too tired and worn out playing.

Oz.

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On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Chris Vaisvil wrote:

> The improvisation is great but doesn't sound very different from 12
> tet.
>
> Not that that is a bad thing - I think what it means is that this well
> balanced tuning to my ears.
>
>
> Chris
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@...
> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear George, sorry for replying so late! Yes, I am trying this new
>> tuning now >
>> After >35 years of tweaking & tinkering with 12-tone circulating
>> temperaments, I thought that my 5/23-comma temperament
>> (extra)ordinaire, version of November 2008, would be the very best
>> I could do. Lo & behold: when I looked at the numbers the other
>> day (2 April), I found a way to lower the error of the flat-wise
>> chords to make them balanced with the sharp-wise ones (by changing
>> 2 pitches, Eb & Bb), without sacrificing the overall
>> proportionality of the beat rates. (This results in a smoother and
>> more symmetrical progression of interval sizes as you go around the
>> circle of 5ths.) Formerly there were 5, but there are now 6 major
>> triads with <8.22 cents error in the major 3rd, a significant
>> improvement over 12-equal that you can readily hear.
>>
>> Here's the Scala listing:
>>
>> ! Secor5_23TX.scl
>> !
>> George Secor's synchronous 5/23-comma temperament extraordinaire
>> 12
>> !
>> 62/59
>> 66/59
>> 70/59
>> 591/472
>> 315/236
>> 331/236
>> 353/236
>> 745/472
>> 395/236
>> 1051/590
>> 221/118
>> 2/1
>>
>> The major triads on the far side of the circle will not be very
>> suitable as tonic chords, but they're all usable for temporary
>> modulations, and their high 3rds make wonderful leading tones in
>> minor keys (esp. in E minor & B minor).
>>
>> --George
>>
>>
>>
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