Re: [tuning] Sumerian/Babylonian 5-limit (was: BASIC: What was temperament again?)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Erlich <paul@stretch-music.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:27 PM
> Subject: [tuning] Re: BASIC: What was temperament again? (was: True nature
of the
> blackjack scale (in 7-limit) . . . and more epimores)
>

> --- In tuning@y..., "monz" <joemonz@y...> wrote:
>
> > There's absolutely no doubt that the Babylonians (c. 1500 BC)
> > and probably the Sumerians (as far back as 3000 BC) used 5-limit
> > tuning systems,
>
> Absolutely no doubt? Care to back that up?

Damn Paul, you're relentless.

Yes, I'll back it up.

But... I'd have to dig into my notes in order to give you a
proper response, and my head is just not in Sumeria right now.
I'm glad that you will remember this forever and keep reminding
me, because eventually someday I'll be working on the Sumerian
stuff again and will get back to you on this.

For now all I can do is point you in the general direction.

Here's an article by Ernest McClain which acted as a catalyst
for all my work in this field:
http://www.new-universe.com/pythagoras/mcclain.html

Here's my opinion of the most plausible Babylonian connection
between gods, numbers, and music:
/tuning/topicId_10930.html#10930

And thanks to you, I've finally made a webpage out of the
research I was doing last year into Babylonian and Sumerian
tuning:
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/sumerian/sumeriantuning.htm

-monz
http://www.monz.org
"All roads lead to n^0"

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