source file: mills3.txt Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:09:35 +0200 Subject: Terminology From: gbreed@cix.compulink.co.uk (Graham Breed) I used the word "quartertone" to mean roughly half a semitone, or specifically an interval that approximates to 1 step in 31tet. I thought this was consistent with a "semitone" being roughly half a tone, or specifically an interval that approximates to 1 step in 12tet. I can switch to "demisemitone" if people prefer. As regards the symbols for raising and lowering notes by a diminished second, I will allow these to be user configurable in any software I write. In the terminology Paul Erlich used, they correspond to shifts of 12 fifths in meantone scales. You never _need_ them for 31tet, but I sometimes find them useful. For JI, and approximations thereof, I'll use these symbols by default to denote raising or lowering the pitch by a septimal comma, or some other demisemitone outside of the 5 prime limit. This is consistent with the above terminology for all meantone temperaments between 19tet and 12tet. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: rapoport@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA Subject: names, JI, ands ET PostedDate: 15-08-97 00:14:02 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 15-08-97 00:14:07-15-08-97 00:14:08,15-08-97 00:12:17-15-08-97 00:12:18 DeliveredDate: 15-08-97 00:12:18 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) with SMTP id C12564F3.007A223F; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 00:14:01 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03426; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 00:14:02 +0200 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 00:14:02 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03424 Received: (qmail 10399 invoked from network); 14 Aug 1997 22:13:56 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Aug 1997 22:13:56 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu