--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Haresh BAKSHI" <hareshbakshi@h...>
wrote:

> Hello ALL, have the symbols for representing the 22
> shruti-s on the Staff been standardized?
>
> Can you tell me where these symbols are to be found, please?
>
> Regards,
> Haresh.



i don't know about a standardized notation that may
already exist ... but one can be made from sagittal
which perhaps *should* be the standard.

Dave Keenan perhaps can do this?

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anyway, if one accepts the "traditional" ancient tuning
of the shruti system as a 3-limit Pythagorean chain,
then all the notes may be notated with standard notation.
i can also provide a HEWM notation for the 5-limit version.


about 1/4 of the way down this page:

http://tonalsoft.com/td/erlich/srutipblock.htm

you can see a 5-limit periodicity-block which Paul Erlich
says is the most common interpretation of the shruti
system -- here i add the 5-limit HEWM notation:

(in the Yahoo interface, click the "Reply" link to view properly)

B- F#- C#- G#- D#-
182---884---386---1088--590
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \
Bb F C G D A E B F# C# G# D#
90---792---294---996---498----0----702---204---906---408---1110--612
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
Bb+ F+ C+ G+ D+
112---814---316---1018--520


here is a table showing data for these pitches/intervals,
with their HEWM notation, and the 3-limit equivalents:

A = 1/1

/---------- 5-limit version -------------\ /-- 3-limit --\
cents HEWM 2,3,5-monzo ratio HEWM 2,3-monzo

1109.775004 G# [ -7 5, 0 > 243 : 128
1088.268715 G#- [ -3 1, 1 > 15 : 8 Ab [ 12 -7, >
1017.596288 G+ [ 0 2, -1 > 9 : 5 Fx [-15 10, >
996.0899983 G [ 4 -2, 0 > 16 : 9
905.8650026 F# [ -4 3, 0 > 27 : 16
884.358713 F#- [ 0 -1, 1 > 5 : 3 Gb [ 15 -9, >
813.6862861 F+ [ 3 0, -1 > 8 : 5 E# [-12 8, >
792.1799965 F [ 7 -4, 0 > 128 : 81
701.9550009 E [ -1 1, 0 > 3 : 2
611.7300052 D# [ -9 6, 0 > 729 : 512
590.2237156 D#- [ -5 2, 1 > 45 : 32 Eb [ 10 -6, >
519.5512887 D+ [ -2 3, -1 > 27 : 20 Cx [-17 11, >
498.0449991 D [ 2 -1, 0 > 4 : 3
407.8200035 C# [ -6 4, 0 > 81 : 64
386.3137139 C#- [ -2 0, 1 > 5 : 4 Db [ 13 -8, >
315.641287 C+ [ 1 1, -1 > 6 : 5 B# [-14 9, >
294.1349974 C [ 5 -3, 0 > 32 : 27
203.9100017 B [ -3 2, 0 > 9 : 8
182.4037121 B- [ 1 -2, 1 > 10 : 9 Cb [ 16 -10, >
111.7312853 Bb+ [ 4 -1, -1 > 16 : 15 A# [-11 7, >
90.22499567 Bb [ 8 -5, 0 > 256 : 243
0 A [ 0 0, 0 > 1 : 1



-monz