clarification [utonal "guide tone"]

Paul Erlich wrote:

> So in a meantone tuning
>(like 31-tone equal temperament), which is what George is using, the
>chord G#-C-D#-F# would approximate a 1/9:1/7:1/6:1/5 chord -- a
> utonal
>chord. Now according to Partch's or any other dualistic theory, the
> "root" of this chord is the note 1/1 which is the lowest common
>overtone (or its octave equivalents, 1/2 or 1/4 or 1/8) and
>corresponds, in this temperament, to the note A#.

Hi Paul...

Oh I see... so basically this is simply the high pitch "guide tone" for
the utonal chords which we had been previously discussing, correct??

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Joseph Pehrson