source file: mills3.txt Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 04:10:43 +0100 Subject: RE: Tritone ratios From: "Paul H. Erlich" >}I had always assumed that 7/5 was the natural ratio for an augmented fourth, >}and that 10/7 was the natural ratio for the diminished fifth. > >In meantone temperament, yes, the augmented fourth is almost a 7/5 and the >diminished fifth is nearly a 10/7. In barbershop harmony or on a diatonic >harmonica, it's the other way around, as dominant sevenths are tuned 4:5:6:7. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: wauchope@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil Subject: Re: blues PostedDate: 13-01-98 15:25:54 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: 13-01-98 15:25:20-13-01-98 15:25:21,13-01-98 15:25:09-13-01-98 15:25:10 DeliveredDate: 13-01-98 15:25:10 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 C125658B.004F3740; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:25:43 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA01145; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:25:54 +0100 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:25:54 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA01152 Received: (qmail 10961 invoked from network); 13 Jan 1998 06:25:46 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Jan 1998 06:25:46 -0800 Message-Id: <9801131425.AA02548@sun6.aic.nrl.navy.mil> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu