source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 12:56:36 -0800 From: Heikki Jamsa >From: Gary Morrison <71670.2576@compuserve.com> >> Yes, 41 is simplest, but 53 system is much better. Fifts are even better, >> and thirds are much better than in 41 system. > That's certainly true for the traditional thirds, but 41 fits 9:7 and >7:6 better, although only slightly better. 41 is however significantly >better at the 11:9 neutral third. Then again, 11:9 isn't 9-limit of >course. So we see, that in 9-limit 53 system is better. Heikki Jamsa Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:05 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA12433; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:08:45 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA12436 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id JAA03966; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:08:42 -0800 Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:08:42 -0800 Message-Id: <32970109170523/0005695065PK2EM@MCIMAIL.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu