source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 10:00:24 -0700 Subject: Reply to Gary Morrison From: PAULE >>>Now understand that I don't doubt for a moment that tuning the seventh >>>sharper produces a MORE satisfying resolution. But 7:4 provides a >>>completely satisfying resolution to my ears, and many others'. >> The first sentence here seems to contradict everything else you're saying. >> Do you want to modify this statement? >Oh, no, not particularly. I was pointing out that a 4:5:6:7 dominant 7th >chord provides a completely effective authentic cadence, although a 9:5 or 16:9 >seventh works better, all in all. Yes, but the rest of your post argued that smaller stepwise motion produced a more effective cadence. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 19:04 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA32335; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 19:06:25 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA32000 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id KAA06624; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 10:06:23 -0700 Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 10:06:23 -0700 Message-Id: <9609091539.AA19170@arthaud.saclay.cea.fr> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu