source file: mills3.txt Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 15:59:02 +0100 Subject: Re: Notation From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >Again, I'm new to the list. Please forgive me if this is covered in a FAQ I >haven't read. >How is 19TET music notated? 19TET (19-tone-per-octave equal-temperament) is usually notated traditionally with a chromatic scale reading C, C#, Db, D, D#, Eb, E, E#/Fb, F, F#, Gb, G, G#, Ab, A, A#, Bb, B, B#/Cb, C, ... So C-C# is 1/19 octave, as is C#-Db. E# and Fb are the same note (enharmonic equivalents), and sit between E and F in pitch. And the situation is similar for B#/Cb. Also, Dbb is enharmonically equivalent with C# rather than C, and similarly for other double-sharps and double flats. That is because Dbb must be the flat of Db, so it must bear the same relationship to Db as Db bears to D (a chromatic rather than diatonic half-step). Once you use those pitches for the 19 notes of the octave, traditional scale nomenclature applies, and you can play traditional music. By that I mean that the results sound fairly similar with what it would sound like in 12TET. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) Subject: Re: Handel's organ PostedDate: 15-12-97 16:00:10 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $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: 15-12-97 15:58:10-15-12-97 15:58:11,15-12-97 15:57:51-15-12-97 15:57:52 DeliveredDate: 15-12-97 15:57:52 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125656E.0052381C; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 15:59:59 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA15996; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 16:00:10 +0100 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 16:00:10 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA15658 Received: (qmail 4630 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1997 06:58:44 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Dec 1997 06:58:44 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu