source file: m1498.txt Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:34:40 -0500 (CDT) Subject: More nonatonic maunderings From: Paul Hahn On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Paul Hahn wrote: [the basic 9-out-of-31 scale is] > 4-4-2-5-3-3-4-3-3. [snip] > > There are only two complete Otonal 4:5:6:7 > tetrads, but a nice distribution of (Otonal and Utonal) 4:5:6 and 4:5:7 > triads. Hey, I just realized that if you change the first two steps to 3-5 instead of 4-4, you just lose one 5/4 but gain a 3/2, a 7/5, and another (Utonal) 4:5:6:7 tetrad. Hmm . . . --pH http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote O /\ "Churchill? Can he run a hundred balls?" -\-\-- o NOTE: dehyphenate node to remove spamblock. <*> ------------------------------ End of TUNING Digest 1498 *************************