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Re: [tuning] Re: Silver scale revisited...apparently enjoyed by a handful of people, if just that

🔗Michael <djtrancendance@...>

3/25/2010 7:29:22 PM

Me>"
...you can get a full 12 tone scale of (drum roll please) :-)
************ ********* *******
1/1
13/12
9/8
39/32
4/3
18/13
3/2
25/16
5/3
16/9
24/13
52/27
(octave of 2/1)"

Chris>"ok Mike,
I'll give this a shot!
Thanks,"

Important side note to Chris and any other one trying this scale out, especially those who want to use it to re-tune 12TET or meantone-based songs:

I found that tuning the middle C AKA 1/1 to about 75/76 * middle C =approximately 258hz realigns the tonal centers in such a way it works well for re-tuning 12TET pieces. I tried this with Beethoven's "Drei Equeli" (sp.?) and it works well with about 90-95% of the notes. Makes me wonder just how pitch and perhaps alignment with the basilar membrane can skew perception of intervals as, of course, many of the intervals in the scale are very non-12TET like.