This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hee, hee...let's all give Richard some of what he gave us in our= confusion...;-] ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: <Piannaman@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:33:22 EST Subject: Re: Cents: was help with bad tuning...Ric B. Eastern= Scale? In a message dated 12/15/04 12:15:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,= Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes: there are 12 (not 13) half steps to an octave. A whole step is a whole tone of which there are 8 in an= octave. Uhhh....Rick....I think there is something wrong with this one= heah....Eight whole tones in an octave???? Wouldn't that equal= 16 semi-tones? What far-eastern scale are you tuning? = INquiring minds want to know... Sorry, couldn't resist <G> There are six whole steps in an octave, not eight, but they are= seldom consulted when tuning a piano and have nothing to do with= a major or minor scale or mode. The whole tone scale is= reserved for 20th century composers, jazzers, and dream= sequences in cheap movies. I think you're trying to point out that there are eight intervals= in a diatonic scale, which can be configured in any mode you= like, from Ionian, to Locrian (goes from B to B and is musically= virtually worthless). In an octave, there is a chromatic scale, which is what we are= dealing with most frequently as tuners. Then there is the major= scale, which (in C major) consists of whole step/whole step/= half step / whole steps three times / half step. A mixed bag of= major and minor seconds, whole tones and half tones. Ric, if you're a Tuna, you've been scaled <BIG G>, Dave Stahl There is only 1200 cents in an octave, not 1300... Don.. you= suprise me ! :) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/eb/68/8b/31/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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