Arabic Music? It's Maqam Music, Arabs also play it.

You neglected to mention that I have to map Rast Maqam's default scale to natural keys, for which I need a meantone temperament, and Suz-i Dilara's default scale to (Super)Pythagorean intonation, for which I need a positive temperament, and thus, I need a hybrid which needs a pure fifth as a bridge. That is how I arrived at 79 MOS 159-tET as a possible solution for all possible Ahenks in Maqam Music.

Cordially,
Ozan
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Ward Smith
To: tuning-math@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 05 Ekim 2005 Çarşamba 1:05
Subject: [tuning-math] Re: Is it possible

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, "Paul G Hjelmstad"
<paul_hjelmstad@a...> wrote:

> Stupid Octave. It can't really do anything I cannot do in Excel.

Well, I use Maple, Paul uses Matlab, Graham uses Python, and I think
Carl mostly Mathematica.

> I'm pretty sure we could tune up all maqam music with
> it. :)

> That's Arabic music, right? Isn't it close to 53-et?

Over on the main tuning list, Ozan Yarman is telling use 53 isn't good
enough; in particular it doesn't have a meantone fifth. On the other
hand, three chains of 53, 159edo, may be just the thing.