This is an interesting piece - as a beginner I would not have expected the scale to work! Can I post your piece and description on the trax in space web site...
... <robertthomasmartin@...> wrote: The Alpha scale is very close to 200tet. The Beta scale is close to 94tet and the Gamma scale is close to 171tet. Knowing...
... Alpha has steps of 78.0 cents, with 4 steps to the minor third (312 cents), 5 steps to the major third (390 cents), and 9 steps to the perfect fifth (702...
Hi and you are right also.you have presented an equal irrational divisions of non-octave 15-ED(1169.925) , please have a look at my old page in tripod about...
... And your point in stating the very obvious is what, exactly? 1200-ET has even more thirds. You're not going to understand Alpha if you try to compare it to...
... ET has ... to ... fifth, ... close ... try ... them. ... From Robert. The Carlos scales as they stand in their original form have been around for decades....
... "Interesting" how? when? to whom? to what end? Adjectives alone say nothing! I am interested in the metaphor of mold-casting = scale-making. I am going to...
... should ... form ... interesting. ... From Robert. The Alpha scale divides the 5th into 9 equal parts. The 5th of 702cents=6x9x13cents. It should then be...
I have always thought of constant structures as such- if you approach it with the idea that you you have a set number of notes that you fill with a set of...
... enough ... up ... From Robert. I don't work with millioctaves but if you are willing to agree that a 5th is about 585 millioctaves then the possible ...
... parts. ... end ... ways to ... merely to ... some ... willing ... millioctaves ... More from Robert. If the 5th is taken to be 700cents then the multiples...
thanks a lot for this Kraig!a really beautiful and engaging piece of what i (rightly or wrongly) hear being in that California micro sound ... out ... ...
Yes, if the 5th is taken to have any size (using some hypothetical units), we can get many different multiples... Many possibilities... But the connection with...
hopefully it will also now work as an Australian one too! /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: ...
... From Robert. I only have a book which explains the Carlos scales. Perhaps someone else can supply some links on the internet. There is a graph involved....
... I believe the link to Carlos' own article on the subject was already supplied either here or on the tuning list. So far your posts, Robert, have nothing...
... hypothetical ... possibilities... ... me. ... then the ... interesting ... scales. ... is a ... From Robert. Perhaps this mailing list is evolving as it...
... Hostility? I'm trying to be patient. Really. You're not making it easy. You've not shown any interest when anyone tries to help you understand things. Now...
... 1200- ... try ... the ... really ... should ... form ... interesting. ... easy. ... understand ... you ... From Robert. The Carlos scales are not sacred...
200tet can serve as a mean-tone system which approximates both the harmonic and subharmonic series for the 8th octaves. It is also good for the Carlos Alpha...
I'm happy if Prent would like to step out of the shadows to address this, but I'll just throw it out: MMM (or as it was originally monikered, CMM, for Creating...
I agree. More is to be gained by separate activities ...............of which this should be the more important! :) /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ ...
Any intelligent teenager in possession of a Kurzweil (or similar) and in combination with my stacking and 3-note chord algorithms can produce a vast quantity...
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