JI scales

(Since this is now actually about microtonality, I'm taking it off of
meta :)

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>>That's a quality scale. Have you ever tried...
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>>1/1 8/7 7/6 6/5 5/4 4/3 7/5 3/2 8/5 5/3 12/7 7/4
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>>1/1 28/27 9/8 7/6 9/7 4/3 49/36 3/2 14/9 12/7 7/4 49/27
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I'll look into 'em.

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>> From: Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@...>
>>Subject: Re: Re: XV 3080>
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>>the first scale is the same as my centaur scale except for the 13/8
>>which i have a 14/9 and 45/32 instead of 7/5
>> David Canwright had a good scale with 13 that also used the 11/8 !
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Doh!! Yeah, that's right, the scale I posted should have read:

1/1 21/20 9/8 7/6 5/4 21/16 11/8 3/2 13/8 5/3 7/4 15/8

I'm betting that may be the same as David's ?

Morton Feldman would have loved one thing I do with this, which is to
play/hold a low 1/1, and then an octave higher, play and hold the chord
21/20, 7/6, 11/8, 13/8 over it.

A sound of such desolation . . and one that really <needs> the tuning
(play it on the 12-tet piano, and it's just a wimpy C Db Eb Gb Ab).

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>> to really see what a scale can do, i find it useful to modulate a basic
>>scale by a cycle of fifths through all the keys. that way you see what
>>happens changing one tone at a time
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Yep, good plan.

I really need to get a keyboard. Right now, I've got a MAX patch where I
play my typing "QWERTY" keyboard and it sends midi to my XV. I pasted
little white slips where the "black keys" should be. Pretty low budget!!

Know of a good keyboard controller (only need a controller), with a wide
range, good dynamics, for cheap?

:D