source file: mills3.txt Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 09:28:38 +0200 Subject: Re: "quartertones," etc. From: jinetwk@dnai.com (Just Intonation Network) If a "quartertone" must be 50 cents, then it would follow that a semitone must be 100 and a tone 200. By this reasoning, there are no just semitones or tones, only equally tempered ones. If this is so, what shall we call 8:7, 9:8, and 10:9, or 16:15, 135:128 and 25:24, etc.? If we acknowledge that "tones" and "semitones" are somewhat elastic in size (and this seems undeniable), then what is so special about a "quartertone" that it must have a rigid definition? (Personally, I think e.t. ""quartertones" are so called because that's about how much they're worth.) --DBD ========================================================================== David B. Doty jinetwk@dnai.com Just Intonation Network http://www.dnai.com/~jinetwk Phone:(415) 694-4727 535 Stevenson Street FAX: (415) 864-8726 San Francisco, CA 94103 SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: mr88cet@texas.net Subject: Re: "quartertones," etc. PostedDate: 16-08-97 13:15:27 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: 16-08-97 13:15:26-16-08-97 13:15:27,16-08-97 13:13:34-16-08-97 13:13:34 DeliveredDate: 16-08-97 13:13:35 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) with SMTP id C12564F5.003DD5D1; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:15:24 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA31669; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:15:27 +0200 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:15:27 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA31656 Received: (qmail 5726 invoked from network); 16 Aug 1997 11:15:23 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 16 Aug 1997 11:15:23 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu