Was the first one a lydian scale with 11/8 used as the fourth scale degree?

Sounds like the first one was:

1/1
9/8
5/4
11/8
3/2
5/3
15/8
2/1

The first one was more "consonant", I would say. The second one could
be made consonant if it were placed in the right context, I think.

-Mike



On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "djtrancendance" <djtrancendance@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Try listening to these two samples
>>
>> http://www.geocities.com/djtrancendance/harmonicseriesvs/ascscale.mp3
>> http://www.geocities.com/djtrancendance/harmonicseriesvs
>> /ascscaleharm.mp3
>>
>> One has intervals virtually equivalent to nature while the
>> other sacrifices some of that to gain an advantage in
>> mathematical consonance.
>>
>> You may be very surprised...once I tell you which is which.
>
> Well it certainly sounds like the second one is a harmonic
> series, and the first one something modified. Then again,
> the file names kinda give it away, no?
>
> The first one sounded more interesting to me, because I felt
> like the second one, though more consonant overall, was very
> familiar and 'nothing new', whereas I couldn't quite identify
> the first one.
>
> -Carl
>
>