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RE: [tuning] Persian neutral thirds and other intervals

🔗Paul H. Erlich <PERLICH@ACADIAN-ASSET.COM>

8/15/2000 10:43:42 AM

Christopher wrote,

>That said, IMHO as a student of Persian classical music, my observation
>has been that the neutral intervals tend to be closer to the minor
>intervals than to the major intervals. 367 cents sounds too close to
>the major third to me. Actually, even the 24 tET neutral third of 350
>cents sounds too sharp to me. :-)

Christopher, I was thinking of a 335-cent neutral third between root and
third, and a 367-cent neutral third between third and fifth. Clearly, the
larger you make one, the smaller you make the other!