Re: slendro

Bill Alves wrote:

> Though slendro approaches 5TET, very closely in some cases, the differences
> are very deliberate and give each version of slendro a different quality.
> Tuners and musicians describe these qualities as favoring one patet over
> another, thus suggesting that the tunings are being tempered in various
> ways to favor (or flavor) different modes, much as irregular temperaments
> of the European Baroque favored different keys to a greater or lesser
> degree.

Bill:

I'll buy it. Can you please list some references discussing
the approaches to Slendro tunings?

Rick S.
Manhattan