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reply to Ken Moore

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6/20/1999 3:41:24 AM

Ray Tomes wrote,

>> C D Eb E F G A Bb B
>>24 27 28 30 32 36 40 42 45

Ken Moore wrote,

>Very reasonable scale, but what leads you to name the new notes Eb and
>Bb? A major third of 9/7 is larger even than the Pythagorean 81/64,
>which is itself larger than ET12. They would be good as D# and A#,
>though even then the major third from B to D# is flatter than just.

If you're going to demand a logical notation here, start by noticing that
the fifth from D to A is flatter than just.