RE: Reply to Bruce Gilson

Bruce wrote,

>>Now the only tempered scales that permit this are those
>>with 5x + 2y tones, with x > y > 0. This means 12, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, ...
>>and certainly both 19 and 22 qualify [. . .] I think that melodically,
from
>>what I've said, assuming that most tunes consist of sequences from the
>>diatonic scale up or down for large portions of their scope, 19, 12, or 22

>>will sound all about the same.

I wrote,

>In 22, you can only get a resonable-sounding diatonic scale with three
>different-sized steps, and one scale degree has to be "mutable" to
>accomodate the syntonic comma. A 5x + 2y scale in 22 will sound WAY off
>(although beautiful in its own right). Bruce, I don't think you thought
this
>through.

My apologies, Bruce; I didn't see the word "melodically," but seeing it now
I think you are quite correct. Harmonically, though, the situation is quite
different, if you're talking about anything beyond 3-limit harmony (perfect
fourths and fifths).


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