RE: Blackwood

Carl Lumma wrote,

>I agree that we only want one way to approximate something in an equal
>tuning, as long as we're using equal tuning to approximate. But I do not
>agree that the 1% rule determines which things are one.

Which things are one?

>>>Maybe I mis-understand what you mean by "power"
>
>>Yeah, something to the third power is a third power, not a power of
>>three.

>You lost me. Are you agreeing with me?

I'm agreeing that you misunderstood. Three to the something is a power
of three, while something to the three is a third power.

>That is, I think that the results of mistuning depend upon the type of
>interval (nothing new here), the amount of mistuning (duh), the direction
>of mistuning (I think you disagree with this), and all of the above on any
>other interval you combine with it. I believe that the results of
>mistuning depend on the combination of these factors such that none of them
>are any good alone.

I agree. "The results of mistuning" covers a lot of qualitative ground.