culinary habits of mictonalists (was re few things for Joseph)

> ****Bob. Thanks so much for your commentary and I can see now I will
> have to "eat my words" as well!
>

Indeed you will...

> >

(referring to meantone thinking + pythagorean notation, which
have there fortunate/unfortunate intersection in 12 and how this
allows G->B (ditone) == "major third" I said

> > It does not include 72, since the ditone is not the best (5/4).
> >
>
> ****Sure, so 72-tET *never* makes a very good meantone, and the 5/4
> is an "approximation" as well. However, the major thirds in 72-tet
> are pretty *good* approximations, only off by about three cents, yes?

They are great approximations, except they're not major thirds, they
are "tclM3".

Have a napkin ;-)

Bob

>
> JP
>

--- In tuning@y..., Robert C Valentine <BVAL@I...> wrote:

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>
> They are great approximations, except they're not major thirds, they
> are "tclM3".
>
> Have a napkin ;-)
>
> Bob
>
***Bob, you're really "spooning it out" now!

JP