Cents: was help with bad tuning...Ric B. Eastern Scale?

[David Ilvedson]

Maybe "intervals" would be better than "steps"....just to keep this great thread going...;-]

David I.



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From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:52:18 -0600
Subject: Re: Cents: was help with bad tuning...Ric B. Eastern Scale?

>Ric

>>>>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>
>>
>>Grin.... Sorry, that should read 7 in all.  Made the same mistake as Don 
>>did with his 1300 cents.
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>6 steps doesnt finish the octave. 6 Different notes yes... but 7 to 
>>complete the octave

>1. C-D
>2. D-E
>3. E-F#
>4. F#-G#
>5. G#-A#(Bb)
>6. Bb-C

>6 "steps" the way I count it & 7 "notes". :-)

>Avery


>>>Dave Stahl
>>
>>Cheers, and thanks for spotting !
>>
>>RicB

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