Gregorian chant intonation study: first reaction

Margo Schulter, TD 214.10, RE spectrogram of 5-limit chant singing]

> (2) One might suggest more generally that singers tend to seek
> small-integer ratios. This raises a question as to whether the
> 7:4 minor seventh, for example, might in practice occur when
> singers are performing repertories usually considered "3-limit"
> or "5-limit."

In Fokker, 1949, _Just Intonation_, before the 4-part examples
composed by van Dijk, Fokker gives some examples of plainchant
with some notes interpreted by him as 7-limit. He cautions to
add that this should not be considered a 'standard' tuning for
this type of music, but seeks only to show places where it *may*
work effectively, and IMO, it does.

(I'm creating MIDI sequences of all the examples in this book
for a future webpage.)

Joseph L. Monzo monz@juno.com
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/homepage.html
|"...I had broken thru the lattice barrier..."|
| - Erv Wilson |
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