More not less

>The whole point is that it doesn't matter what the exact form dissonance
>function is! The formulas that result from this assumption is, as I tried to
>make clear in words,
>minimize (error of 3:1)^2+(error of 5:1)^2+(error of 5:3)^2 and
>minimize (3*error of 3:1)^2+(5*error of 5:1)^2+(5*error of 5:3)^2.
>
>The results of applying these to meantone tunings I have already posted in
>both cents and exact formulae. If you want me to work you through the
>calculus please try to reach me offline, I don't think we need to scare any
>more musicians off this list.

I, for one, would certainly not be scared off the list by such a discussion.

I am particularly interested in the ideas you call "virtual pitch, residue
pitch, complex tone pitch, fundamental tracking, and possibly periodicity
pitch, I have been working on this for some time" and I'd love to see some of
these ideas posted to the list.

Andrew Milne
Islington
London

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