Distinguishing thirds & sixths

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Carl Lumma wrote:
> I don't think 8/5 and 5/4 should be the
> same either, but I'm willing to except it. But I can't swallow 5/4 = 6/5.

Odd. If I were to get picky about it, the reverse would probably be
true--leaving in factors of 2 and going to whole-number-limit (instead
of odd-limit), 6 is closer to 5 than 8, and that's how I'd rank them
aurally.

Hmm--Carl, can you swallow 5/4 = 5/3?

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