what is the best temperament?

[Don]

Hi Martin,

To understand that think about the ratio of an Octave. It is 2:1. This
means there can be many sets of coincident partials at multiples of the ratio.

2:1 ; 4:2 ; 6:3 etc

f3 to f4 at 2:1 beating will be at f4 (usually the narrowest possible octave)

f3 to f4 at 4:2 beating will be at f5 (a little wider)

f3 to f4 at 6:3 beating will be at c6 (still wider)

Each of these octaves under normal circumstances is a little wider, than
the one of the lower coincident partial.

At 02:19 PM 12/13/00 +0200, you wrote:
>what is the difference between 4-2 octave and 6-3 ???
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