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7 limit etc...

🔗patrick pagano <ppagano@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx>

9/5/1999 7:08:24 PM

> The answer to this last example is that while 12tet implies
> 5 limit ji - 12tet does not imply 7 limit ji. 7 limit ji is new
> territory
> beyond 5 limit.
>
> i agree that 7 limit is new territory as is 17. I play hindusthan
> classical music and must say i hear the "microtonality" of it
> distinctly in the meends of the notes.The constant drone of the
> tanpurra enables a more distinct realisation of said micro-intervals
> And as i have stated before Pandit Shankar's C sharp sounds amazingly
> close too 544hz or a 17/16 off a 64 cycle base regardless of the 3
> limit implications of traditional raag music. I think that it is
> significant yet i have done most of my tuning to his records by ear
> but when the Sa is a C sharp it sounds best at a 17/16.

Pat

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