source file: mills3.txt Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:15:27 +0200 Subject: Re: "quartertones," etc. From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >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? That's a very reasonable point. I usually call them half-steps, whole-steps, or, when I'm being a little more formal about it, minor and major seconds. I see those terms as more elastic than quartertone and semitone. >(Personally, I think e.t. ""quartertones" are so called because that's about >how much they're worth.) Harhar. Cute. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: mr88cet@texas.net Subject: Re: 1/4 tones and 1/n "comma" meantones - naming PostedDate: 16-08-97 13:16:47 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 13:16:48-16-08-97 13:16:49,16-08-97 13:14:56-16-08-97 13:14:57 DeliveredDate: 16-08-97 13:14:57 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) with SMTP id C12564F5.003DF4F7; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:16:44 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA31692; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:16:47 +0200 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:16:47 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA31682 Received: (qmail 5868 invoked from network); 16 Aug 1997 11:16:07 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 16 Aug 1997 11:16:07 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu