53-tET (was: finally, I get it...)

I wrote:

> From: monz <joemonz@yahoo.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [tuning] Re: finally, I get it "circle" vs. "chain" for us
"squares"
>
>
> But you're looking at it the wrong way. 53-EDO maps JI as a
> *schismic* temperament, where the "major 3rd" is derived from
> 8192/6561 [== 3^-8, i.e., the Pythagorean "diminished 4th"]
> and not [== 3^4, the Pythagorean "major 3rd"].

Oops... my bad ... left out a ratio. That last line should read:

> and not 81/64 [== 3^4, the Pythagorean "major 3rd"].

-monz

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