RE: Euler question

>> If 2 is the largest exponent, second-degree would make sense as a label;

>Not quite, the degree is the sum of the exponents. For example,
>Genus [33557] (chromatico-enharmonicum) is of the fifth degree. This one
>has 3 x 3 x 2 18 notes.

OK, so now that we've cleared that up, any ideas for a general name for
genera [3], [3 5], [3 5 7], etc.?


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<>Also, looking at good Sitars, I noticed that the sympathetic strings each
<>have their own nut exactly beneath the fret that sounds the note they
<>amplify. The sympathetic string's bridge is right beneath the main
bridge.
<>It seems to me that these SHOULD be the nodal points for that note on the
<>instrument. I can't imagine the air conducting the sound from one string

<>the other. Hundreds of years of design can't be that far wrong. What am
I
<>missing?

<>-Glen Peterson


The placement of the sympathetic string's nut beneath the correct fret
serves two purposes (1) allows the symp. sts. to have the same guage, and
(2) allows the player to tune the symp. sts. using the fret above as a
reference. Nifty.

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