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Comments about Isacoffs book and notation

🔗Robert C Valentine <BVAL@IIL.INTEL.COM>

2/25/2002 11:41:43 PM

Having been a JFK conspiracy "buff" in the past, the whole
thing reminds me of when "Case Closed" came out shortly
after the movie "JFK", and all the respectable-in-the-CIA-pocket
press jumped on the "finally, someone proved the Warren commission
correct" bandwagon while the "buff" community wrote web-pages
on his errors, suppositions, and questionable spinning of
evidence (as well as pointing out how many of the Case Closed
supporters were probably part of the conspiracy from way back).

Perhaps we need Oliver Stone to direct "Harry" as a rebuff to
Isacoffs book?

On the notation front, I spent some time thinking about it and
then started looking at one of the temperments that has caught
my attention lately, 28. I believe 28 is doubly (or quadruply)
negative. What is interesting from a notational standpoint is
that the chain of fifths closes at 7-equal, resulting in
# = b = 0. (i.e., C = C# = Cx etc...)

So I said, "hey, I'll just PRETEND that # = -b = 2" and then
fill the remaining blanks with arrows".

C C^ C# Dv D D^ D# Ev E E^ E# Fv F etc...
Db Eb Fb

This seems like such a practical notation for 28, preserves
12 identities (C# = Db, Cx = D, except at E-F and B-C) and
probably has nothing to do with any commas.

Oh well,

Bob Valentine