Fwd: [tuning] Re: Hemififths and Turkish maqam music

Actually, 107-equal does even a better job with Lucy-Tuning and Maqam
music as a master setting. It is much more 7-limit compliant.

Oz.

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> From: Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@...>
> Date: June 9, 2010 5:02:54 AM GMT+03:00
> To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [tuning] Re: Hemififths and Turkish maqam music
> Reply-To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
>
> Actually, 88-equal and 95-equal excel over 104, because you can have
> the best Rast without breaking the chain of fifths. 95 for smoother
> dugah-huseyni, the latter getting a comma-up, 88 with better perde
> segah at 382 cents the way Charles Lucy would love.
>
> Oz.
>
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> www.ozanyarman.com
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> On Jun 9, 2010, at 3:48 AM, genewardsmith wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dear Gene, 382 cents segah is just a simple instance of a simple
>>> scale
>>> that works as a generalized theoretical value according to my whims,
>>> or at best a fine enough compromise for fixed-pitch instruments
>>> like a
>>> keyboard for certain circumstances. By no means do I say that maqams
>>> such as Rast or Segah MUST depend on the 382 cent pitch.
>>
>> Great! I'll get the ball rolling by claiming that magic temperament
>> is perfect for maqam music, since segah should be between 5 and 6
>> cents flat of 5/4. 104 equal, here we come!
>>
>>
>>
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