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The arithmetic of listening : tuning theory and history for the impractical musician /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gann, Kyle (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Musical intervals and scales.
Microtonal music > History and criticism.
Microtones.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The cosmic joke
  • The harmonic series
  • Generating scales
  • The Pythagorean scale
  • The five limit, the second dimension
  • Meantone temperament and the primacy of thirds
  • Well temperament and key color
  • Twelve-step equal temperament
  • The seven limit and Johnston notation
  • The eleven limit and the fourth dimension
  • The thirteen limit and beyond
  • Non-twelve-divisible equal temperaments
  • Twelve-based equal temperaments
  • A few numbers drawn from non-Western musics
  • Brief miscellaneous thoughts.