Re: (OT) non-octave scales (was Re: various infotaining natlang tidbits)
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 15, 2000, 20:16 |
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Jonathan Chang wrote:
> In a message dated 2000/06/14 12:17:34 PM, thorinn wrote:
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> >Are there actually intonation systems out there where you don't have
> >any pitches in a 2:1 ratio at all?
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> Yep, & for lack of a classification they are generally called "non-octave
> scale tuning systems.
>
The Charyan intonation system _has_ nine tones to the octave - but
they're an equal number of cents apart from each other: 0, 160, 320,
400, 560, 720, 800, 960, 1120, 1200. This offers all kinds of nice
possibilities for both harmonics and melody. Unfortunately, upon
upgrading computers I had to remove my nice, retunable Roland
Sound Canvas and had to do with a Soundblaster card - and I can't
retune that one!
Jonathan - what's that program you were talking about? Is it available?
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org