One of the interesting things i've come across while reading Partch is his
belief in the function of the ear to be a decisive factor in solving an
issue related to tuning. This seems obvious, yet I don't encounter the same
desire too much in the rest of the literature. I myself feel the need to
allow my ear to partake in the journey to understand all these concepts.
I've been working with Scala, and I have a program which generates scala
programs to create midi output of ratios I want to hear.

That's all nice, you say, but what is my point?
I'm hoping you can answer this question for me, since I do not have a
"science" background. Is there a physical property involved in deciding how
LONG an interval should be heard for the ear to comfortably get used to it?
In other words, can I accelerate the process at all by hearing ratios at
certain lengths of time? 3 seconds? 15 seconds? is there a difference ?

Also, should I always include the 1/1?

-Ara S.

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