source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 02:01:35 -0800 Subject: Re: re as submediant of IV or dominant of V From: Johnny Reinhard A wonderful use of a descending 8/7 is as the motif for water in Harry Partch's _Water Water_. I simply recall Partch's useage to sing the interval right off. Johnny Reinhard American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@ios.com On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Kami Rousseau wrote: > I was looking at 7-limit modal scales, and I noticed the weird interval > 8/7. My calculator told me that it is 4/3 / 7/6. It is also 9/8 * 64/63. > > I don't want to sound like I am septimising everything, but could it be > a kind submediant of IV? The only other time I saw this interval was in > the scale : > > 7/7 8/7 9/7 10/7 11/7 12/7 13/7 14/7. > > > -Kami > Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 16:49 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA14906; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 16:49:33 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA14920 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA13804; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 07:49:29 -0800 Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 07:49:29 -0800 Message-Id: <199701251045_MC2-102B-EECD@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu