In a message dated 3/19/99 6:23:11 PM, pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu wrote: <<"Now, I am in need of some education. You have mentioned the 11th comma MEANtone temperament as being EQUAL temperament. It was my understanding that it takes 12 equal half steps to make equal temperament and so my logic seems to demand dividing the ditonic comma into 12 parts. Where did I go wrong?">> Ric McCount, Jim Sr.; Finally something on this thread I can guess at :-) If you take an octave and separate it eleven times, equally,........ you would be left with twelve parts........... Right ?? ------------ -|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Or am I wrong again ?? Jim Bryant (FL)
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