TUNING digest 946

04-Jan-97 tuning@eartha.mills.edu kirjoitti:


>Topic No. 9

>Date: Fri, 3 Jan 97 13:39 EST
>From: PAULE
>To: tuning
>Subject: RE: Food for thought - a puzzle
>Message-ID: <82970103183928/0005695065PK5EM@MCIMAIL.COM>


>The simplest equal temperament that clearly distinguishes all 9-limit
>intervals is 41-equal. In 41-equal, Glen Peterson's scale is
>0 ? ? 6 7 8 9 11 13 15 17 20 21 24 26 28 30 32 33 34 35 ? ? 41

Yes, 41 is simplest, but 53 system is much better. Fifts are even better,
and thirds are much better than in 41 system. Also
9/8 and 10/9 are better. Only natural seventh is worse than
in 41 system, but natural seventh in 53 system is still as good as
thirds in 41 system.

Heikki Jamsa.


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