gender (or such)

I just had the opportunity tp examine a gamelan instrument (metal-
keyed, probably a gender? - I don't know all the names) - it's a
four-toned instrument, and the tuning appears to be:

1/1 8/7 5/4 32/21

to my unaided ear. The 1/1-8/7-5/4 segment I find rather charming.
Just thought I'd share . . .

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>If this is so, what shall we call 8:7,
>9:8, and 10:9, or 16:15, 135:128 and 25:24, etc.? If we acknowledge that
>"tones" and "semitones" are somewhat elastic in size (and this seems
>undeniable), then what is so special about a "quartertone" that it must have
>a rigid definition?

That's a very reasonable point.

I usually call them half-steps, whole-steps, or, when I'm being a little
more formal about it, minor and major seconds. I see those terms as more
elastic than quartertone and semitone.




>(Personally, I think e.t. ""quartertones" are so called because that's about
>how much they're worth.)

Harhar. Cute.



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