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Eighth Octave Overtone Tuning

🔗Afmmjr@...

6/22/2011 2:40:22 PM

By using only the information found in the harmonic series – also known as
the overtone series – 128 distinct pitches are found outlined in its
eighth octave. These 128 notes constitute definitive consonance. The arrogance
of declaring this set of 128 pitches a perfect tuning derives from its
pedigree in nature as a blueprint for musical connections and reception. The
timbre of a musician’s sustained tone achieves a micro-harmony. Different
pitches, parts of the whole, synchronize with each other to deliver what
musicians call “good tone.” The harmonics that exist in a musical tone are
simply algorithmically developed to reach higher number ratios, which are then
reduced through octave displacement into a repeatable scale in every
musical range.
Johnny Reinhard
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🔗Tim Reeves <reevest360@...>

6/22/2011 3:19:48 PM

heck Johnny, it seemed like you were on the right track here, but then you veered off for some reason.  First let me correct you... it is the seventh octave of the NHS; and you want to describe  a scale with 128 notes...sixteen notes per whole tone for microtuning purposes.  you are so close to seeing the bigger picture
 but let me get back to where you veered off...tonal qualities don't define resultant scale values and you seem to be confusing the two
--- On Wed, 6/22/11, Afmmjr@... <Afmmjr@...> wrote:

From: Afmmjr@... <Afmmjr@...>
Subject: [tuning] Eighth Octave Overtone Tuning
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 9:40 PM

By using only the information found in the harmonic series – also known as the overtone series – 128 distinct pitches are found outlined in its eighth octave.  These 128 notes constitute definitive consonance.  The arrogance of declaring this set of 128 pitches a perfect tuning derives from its pedigree in nature as a blueprint for musical connections and reception.  The timbre of a musician’s sustained tone achieves a micro-harmony.  Different pitches, parts of the whole, synchronize with each other to deliver what musicians call “good tone.” The harmonics that exist in a musical tone are simply algorithmically developed to reach higher number ratios, which are then reduced through octave displacement into a repeatable scale in every musical range. 
 
Johnny Reinhard
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