source file: m1347.txt Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 08:53:02 -0800 Subject: Meantone From: "Bob Lee" I'm new to Meantone, so please bear with me. The discussion was: >}Pitch Alteration from EQ [1/64 of a semitone] >}C 0 >}C# -15 >}D -4 >}D# +7 >}E -9 >}F +2 >}F# -13 >}G -2 >}G# -17 >}A -7 >}A# 4 >}B -11 > >}Any comments? > >This looks like 1/4-comma meantone from Eb to G#. That's probably a good >default for what "Meantone" means without any further information. My ignorant question: what does "1/4 comma" mean? What's a comma? Second question: I notice that the tuning above has the "in tune" fourths tuned to 502 cents. I'm tuning a pedal steel with the fourths at 503 cents. I really like it. What should I call this temperament? http://wco.com/~quasar/tunings/fscale12.htm -b0b-