23EDO tune

Here's a 23EDO tune, the link was posted by AKJ on MMM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk

It sounds very sweet to me and I can't hear a single bum note anywhere.

John.

Hi John,

Thanks for watching/listening.

Methinks that 23-edo can sound great on the kalimba largely b/c it has a gentle spectrum (a bit of inharmonicity for some milliseconds followed by what is essentially a decaying sine tone)...I think the story might be different if it were a bright sawtooth wave with organ-like sustain!

I also think one can culturally or however else, accustom oneself to just about anything after a while, too, and lose the sense of "this is harsh or strange".

Anyway, I think any discussion of consonance and dissonance is senseless without considering cultural or learned factors, plus taking a look at spectral considerations a la Bill Sethares.

Best,
AKJ

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "john777music" <jfos777@...> wrote:
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> Here's a 23EDO tune, the link was posted by AKJ on MMM.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk
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> It sounds very sweet to me and I can't hear a single bum note anywhere.
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> John.
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