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> > > Do you think this could have any acoustical significance?
> > > It's a very nice sounding chord!

> > ... no, I don't think it guarantees an overall
> > "nice" sound.

But there is a correlation between the 'height' of the interval in the
series (ie, eg, 5/4 x 3 = 15/12) and the difference tone, so there
could be a connection...






Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:36 pm

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hi Paul (for when you come back), or others. I can't locate the old thread, but thanks for suggesting the above spelling for the chord d4- f#-b4-E5. I don't...
traktus5
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Jun 20, 2006
5:53 pm

Hi Kelly, ... Exactly! ;-) ... The tetrad am : bm : cn : dn has the property that dn/am = n/m if and only if a = d. (Here juxtaposition means multiplication:...
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Jun 22, 2006
2:23 am

Hi Yahya ... Hmmm...I'm not sure if I would include the latter two chords in the same category as the one I cited. And 4:6:7:14 has an octave in it, which may...
traktus5
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Jun 26, 2006
9:01 pm

... But there is a correlation between the 'height' of the interval in the series (ie, eg, 5/4 x 3 = 15/12) and the difference tone, so there could be a...
traktus5
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Jun 27, 2006
11:24 pm

Hi Kelly, ... You do *very* strange arithmetic! ;-) You often write things like: 5/4 x 3 = 15/12 This should be, instead, 5/4 x 3/3 = 15/12 since a) you can...
yahya_melb
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Jul 2, 2006
8:03 am

... hi Yahya - thanks for the math correction. I'm terrible at it, though love numbers... By 'height', I was referring to how, for example, the major third in...
traktus5
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Jul 5, 2006
4:16 pm

Kelly, ... [snip] ... What you call "height" would seem to be what mathematicians call "Greatest Common Divisor" or "GCD". ... Regards, Yahya...
yahya_melb
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Jul 6, 2006
2:51 pm

Hi again Kelly, ... [snip] ... Errata: in the above, I should have written: 45/36 = (5 x 9) / (4 x 9) = 5/4 80/60 = (4 x 20) / (3 x 20) = 4/3 80/36 = (4 x 20)...
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Jul 2, 2006
8:19 am

... Hi Yayha, ... Sorry. You guys really keep me on my toes. I just chose very small ... Personally, I find the interval of a major seventh more consonant...
traktus5
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Jul 5, 2006
4:23 pm

Kelly, ... [snip] ... There might be; I don't know. ... Regards, Yahya...
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