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Topic: Pythagoreans and Music
Replies: 13   Last Post: Oct 23, 1997 12:11 PM

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Brian Hutchings

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Re: Pythagoreans and music
Posted: Apr 18, 1996 1:11 PM
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I'd guess that there is *no* such standard interval within most
of the just tunings, although the dim7 (CD#F#A#, I just realized,
with A# being at 2^(9/12)) is great for seguing into one
of the other 3 keys; it'd just be extra-dischordant (or less-so,
I guess). I think it was in the last Math.Mag. that
there was what seems like the last word on "just" tunings,
with the max.number of perfect 4ths and 5ths, I think, along
with a graphical representation of the usual ones. as well.



"Time is the only dimension." -RBFuller

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