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Post AbxaDp2bWxGXIDxQq8 by [email protected] |
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Post #AbjEmemCleB4OB3M6S by [email protected] |
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The tritone - the dissonant sound halfway between any note and the note that vi… |
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Post #AbjFVGzI3q9ZdkRrW4 by [email protected] |
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Here I've drawn the four fractions used to approximate the tritone in just … |
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Post #AbjHsf86fOqT5Iqvvk by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez I know we shouldn't necessarily attribute emotions to these… |
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Post #AbjHsfCMPaFRIUqKYq by [email protected] |
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@RobertJackson58585858 - You're right, it gets bad press. But that contrib… |
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Post #AbjlluwcT0PkjNBCQC by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Another noteworthy way that the tritone is actively difficult: … |
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Post #AbjpuMm5HLUNB4XITQ by [email protected] |
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@sstadnicki - thanks, that's incredibly helpful! I knew about Hurwitz'… |
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Post #AbjtrRSzmDp4g5T6oa by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez nitpick: 128/125 is 2^7/5^3 🤓 |
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Post #AbjtrRXFWPE2tHSVRg by [email protected] |
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@andrewg - what the hell did I say??? I'll fix it.Oh, yikes. Thanks! |
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Post #Abk3A0Kpm6XJcVZqWO by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez The Mathworld page has a somewhat better discussion about it: h… |
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Post #AbxaDp2bWxGXIDxQq8 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez of course approximating powers of 10 with powers of 2 is the sa… |
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Post #AbxaDp7vDBWFYiRg80 by [email protected] |
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@mapto - right. By the way, the other important glitch in just intonation is 8… |
