RE: [tuning] Re: For Joseph: Eight 22-tone 7-limit Fokker periodi city blocks

Joseph wrote,

>I know you are the "big 22 man" and I was wondering if you could
>explain why there would be advantages to using a just scale in 22
>over a just scale in 19.

None that I can think of -- though one or two of those 22-tone Fokker
periodicity blocks seemed incredibly compact -- with each note connected to
anywhere from 3 to 12 other notes . . . right?

>I can think of one obvious DISADVANTAGE for users of a "standard"
>keyboard, and that is simply the fact that the interval of as 12th on
>a standard keyboard is quite a nice "boundary" for 19 tones... quite
>recognizable and memorable.

As I've noted, a mapping of 22 tones to two octaves, omitting the Es, has
some nice properties. One can get familiar with the various intervals --
there's a symmetry like that on the standard keyboard arrangement, it's just
a slightly different one.

Meanwhile, the 19-tone mapping to a 12, I find very confusing. Try to play a
multi-octave major scale . . . ugh!