source file: m1408.txt Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 03:35:51 -0500 Subject: Triple-Just Absolute Ratio and Cents Conversion From: "Benjamin Tubb" Based on your info, this may further interest you. If you haven't already heard of it, I'd recommend Charles Lucy's "Lucy Tuning" which I find especially "rational" based on _Pi_ used in the writings of John Harrison. For more info, link to http://www.ilhawaii.net/~lucy Incremental Incremental Absolute Absolute Pitch Ratios Cents* Cents* Ratios* C 1/1 0 0 1/1 C# 25/24 70.672 70.672 25/14 D 16/15 111.731 182.404 10/9 D# 81/80 21.506 203.910 9/8 E 10/9 182.404 386.314 5/4 F 16/15 111.731 498.045 4/3 F# 25/24 70.672 568.717 25/18 G 9/8 203.910 772.627 25/16 G# 25/24 70.672 843.300 83/51 A 16/15 111.731 955.031 33/19 A# 16/15 111.731 1066.762 50/27 B 135/128 92.179 1158.941 41/21 *all results at 10^-3 error tolerance level. ------------- Benjamin Tubb AIM: brtubb brtubb@cybertron.com http://home.cybertron.com/~brtubb "Music creates order out of chaos; for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjoin- ted, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous." - Yehudi Menuhin, from "Theme and Variations"