source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:47:10 -0800 Subject: Re: Discussion on "Reply to Gary Morriso -Reply From: Heinz Bohlen Hello, Paul! Thanks for your fast response. Let me answer at this spot to those questions which may be of more general interest. (More e-mail will come separately). 1.) Yes, I discussed overtone structure in my original papers. I find overtones much less important under harmonic aspects than combination tones. Thus I share your and Enrique Moreno's view that the use of square waves is not essential for the "Bohlen-Pierce-scale". Overtones are naturally the salt in the soup as far as the specific sound of an instrument or a voice is concerned. 2.) With regard to subsets of the scale: Unlike Pierce's obviously preferred subscale 0 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 (13), I defined two "diatonic" scales, a "Delta" scale 0 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 (13) and a "Gamma" scale 0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 12 (13). I like the "Gamma" best, but that is a personal view. Talk to you later, Heinz. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 06:07 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03340; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 06:08:45 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03273 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id VAA11666; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:08:42 -0800 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:08:42 -0800 Message-Id: <9611220607.AA31152@luxor.latrobe.edu.au> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu