source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 15:20:54 -0800 Subject: pitch specification in CET From: alves@Orion.AC.HMC.Edu (Bill Alves) Here's a question for those of you using 88CET or similar tuning systems. In octave-based tuning systems, we can specify a pitch by the octave and the pitch number or name within the octave. In tuning systems that replicate at an interval other than the octave, such as Pierce-Bohlen, we can still specify pitches in an analogous way: "tritave" number and pitch with the tritave. However, if you're using a tuning system that does not replicate any particular interval, how do you specify pitches? Do you just pick one pitch as the starting point and number them? That seems rather awkward. Bill ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ ^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ ^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ ^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)621-8360 (fax) ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 02:38 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA29579; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 02:38:09 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA29657 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id RAA08085; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:36:21 -0800 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:36:21 -0800 Message-Id: <32FBD86C.19B6@ix.netcom.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu