source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 07:20:15 +0200 Subject: Correlation of Partch Limit with LCM From: Mckyyy@aol.com Since Paul E finds Partch's limit to be superior to LCM as a predictor of consonance, I have again made an attempt to find a definition of this concept in his book without much success. Having made at least some effort to wade through Partch's polemic pronouncements, I feel I might be entitled to ask a question: Would it be fair to say that the Partch's limit for a given ratio is derived by enforcing octave equivalence and then taking the largest odd number. Assuming that might be true, the Partch limit of 3:4:5 would be taken by octave inverting it to 4:5:6 and then calling the limit 5? Is a given Partch musical space defined by just one limit, or are more required? I would like to determine this exactly, so I can determine the degree of correlation between LCM and the Partch Limit. Marion Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:04 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA23102; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:05:10 +0200 Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:05:10 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA23148 Received: (qmail 1869 invoked from network); 12 Jul 1997 07:04:41 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jul 1997 07:04:41 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu