RE: 22-tone exhortations

>}I expect the scale, in its consonant limit, to be significantly
>}_better_ than 12 equal in the 5-limit. To my ears, a 5-limit
>}chord progressing to a 7-limit one will almost always sound like
>}an increase in dissonance in 22 equal, although the 7-limit chords
>}are still tuned well enough to be contrasted against stronger
>}dissonances.
>
>In 12-equal, a 3-limit chord progressing to a 5-limit one almost always
>sounds like an increase in dissonance. So, just as Western Common Practice
>music avoids bare 3-limit harmonies, so decatonic music will avoid bare
>5-limit chords.


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