source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:06:14 -0800 Subject: Re: Milne/Wolf 4-5-6-7-8 and Gr Aug6th/Fr Aug6th chords From: Paul Hahn On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Atlas Eclipticalis wrote: > What is the acoustical basis for this chord / unique sonority? >[the French 6th] Well, personally I interpret it as the combination of two 4:5:7 triads, one inverted. In other words: 7/5 <--(4:5)--> 7/4 ^ ^ ^ \ / \ (5:7) (4:7) (5:7) \ / \ v v v 1/1 <--(4:5)--> 5/4 This is analagous to, say, a major seventh chord being made up of two 4:5:6 triads, like so: 3/2 <--(4:5)-->15/8 ^ ^ ^ / \ / (2:3) (5:6) (2:3) / \ / v v v 1/1 <--(4:5)--> 5/4 --pH http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote O /\ "'Jever take'n try to give an ironclad leave to -\-\-- o yourself from a three-rail billiard shot?" Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 15 Mar 1997 02:13 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA19721; Sat, 15 Mar 1997 02:13:37 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA19719 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id RAA24413; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:12:00 -0800 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:12:00 -0800 Message-Id: <199703142010_MC2-129A-88E3@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu