13/8 vs 11/8 - subjective impressions

Hello -

Some time back I prepared synthesized 13 - ratio intervals to listen to, and
in contrast with the impressions of several people here who found 13/8 to
sound
more consonant than 11/8, I found the 13 - ratio intervals, including 13/8,
to sound less mentally graspable than the 11 - ratio intervals. What I mean
is that the 11 - ratio intervals seemed to me to have a very distinctive "11"
character. In contrast, the 13 - ratio intervals seemed to be more difficult
to form a "mental picture" of. They seemed to me to be a bit "goofy" and
"off from anything familiar". Still, I did get a kind of feeling for those
intervals after quite a bit of listening. Of course what we expect before we
listen to the intervals will affect our judgment of them as well as the
synthesis
or natural timbres used for them plus finally our individual neural makeup.
These are my subjective impressions based on the particular timbres I was
using.

Dave Hill La Mesa, CA

Hi Dave
I agree that at first I thought 13/8 was going to be more complex or difficult to grasp
as a consonance than 11/8 but i let them both play for about 45 minutes and 13/8 began
to blend into the environment more rapidly than the 11/8. After the duration i "felt"
the absence of 13/8 more strongly than the 11/8 which was almost a relief when i
switched it off.
Pat Pagano
SEJIS

Ascend11@aol.com wrote:

> From: Ascend11@aol.com
>
> Hello -
>
> Some time back I prepared synthesized 13 - ratio intervals to listen to, and
> in contrast with the impressions of several people here who found 13/8 to
> sound
> more consonant than 11/8, I found the 13 - ratio intervals, including 13/8,
> to sound less mentally graspable than the 11 - ratio intervals. What I mean
> is that the 11 - ratio intervals seemed to me to have a very distinctive "11"
> character. In contrast, the 13 - ratio intervals seemed to be more difficult
> to form a "mental picture" of. They seemed to me to be a bit "goofy" and
> "off from anything familiar". Still, I did get a kind of feeling for those
> intervals after quite a bit of listening. Of course what we expect before we
> listen to the intervals will affect our judgment of them as well as the
> synthesis
> or natural timbres used for them plus finally our individual neural makeup.
> These are my subjective impressions based on the particular timbres I was
> using.
>
> Dave Hill La Mesa, CA
>
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