I thought I admitted to that error already, didn't I? Sheesh, you are correct, that is the way it should be. I know that, I have been tuning for 35 years and use that test all the time. Do as I do, not as I tell you! Good work straightening that out. Well done. "Lord, thank thee for these and thine other corrections^ :{ (penitent soul} "Howard S. Rosin" wrote: > > Hi Newton, > > <!--StartFragment-->Example: C2-Eb2 minor third and Eb2- C3 major sixth the > minor third should be > faster to expand the octave at the 6:3. > > You have it backwards. To expand a 6:3 octave the minor 3rd should be slower > than the major 6th. If they are equal beating then you have a "dead on" 6:3 > octave. When you lower the C2 in your example above to widen the octave > further than it already is, the minor 3rd beats slower as it is a contracted > interval. > > Howard S. Rosen, RPT > 7262 Angel Falls Ct. > Boynton Beach, Fl 33437 > > hsrosen@stis.net > 561-737-2057
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