AW.: Locking in

In einer Nachricht vom 1/14/00 11:28:09 AM (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische Zeit
schreibt stg3music@earthlink.net:

<< Regarding high harmonic ratios such as 45/32 and 27/16, do you really think
human perception operates in that vicinity??? I can't imagine "locking in"
on such high ratios. I'm perfectly willing to relinquish that domain to the
instrumental number crunchers. >>

Such ratios are reached by way of simple relationships - 45/32 is 5:4 above
9/8 and 16:15 below 3/2, 27/16 a 9:8 above 3/2 and a 3:2 above 9/8. In such
cases, the 1/1 drone becomes not an immediate reference pitch but rather a
long-term one and other tones in the drone become more important.

In einer Nachricht vom 1/14/00 11:28:11 AM (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische Zeit
schreibt stg3music@earthlink.net:

<< BTW, Did you see my post regarding the tunings of the third by Sheila
Chandra? On the first track, she consistently uses the "high third" when
preceded by scale step 4 (granted not in a V7 chord but over a double
drone). This seems contrary to your experience, but I'm anxious to gather
all available opinion and experience on the subject. >>

I wasn't thinking about Hindustani music in my post. There, harmonic
considerations would be altogether out-of-place, an one has an extended
vocabulary of melodic intervals in general, as well as for individual
artists. Do you know where she comes from, or from what tradition? Do the
recording give names for the compositions or rags? With a bit more
information, we might be able to contextualize her performances a bit.