Speculation on Octave Equivalence

Most people agree the the different prime numbers (and their representative
harmonics) each have their own special color or feeling; I've heard fifths
(3) called "noble", thirds (5) called "sweet" and sevenths (7) called
"bluesy".

I suspect the reason why octave equivalence is fairly universally assumed
(though there are some exceptions), is that the flavor of octaves (2) is
what you taste when you're not eating anything, or what you see when your
eyes are closed.

I could suggest that the reason behind the number 2 is that humans have
bilateral symmetry, and that starfish music would be
"major-third-equivalent" because of their pentagonal symmetry, but this is
straying far from "speculation" and is closer to wild, random guessing.

Boy, would 2-limit music sound boring! I challenge anyone to write an
interesting 2-limit song. The only advantage to such a tuning would be that
it would be just in 12eq!

Stay Tuned,
Keenan P.

>I could suggest that the reason behind the number 2 is that humans have
>bilateral symmetry, and that starfish music would be
>"major-third-equivalent" because of their pentagonal symmetry, but this

Actually they�re not symmetrical.

>Boy, would 2-limit music sound boring! I challenge anyone to write an
>interesting 2-limit song. The only advantage to such a tuning would be

I think Jan W.Morthenson have done several.

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Eskilstuna,Sweden
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