Huh?? was RE: pRCT got ears again...

[Mark Schecter]

Hi, John.

Sorry, but that's not correct. If the fifth above the bottom note of a 
4:2 octave is made less contracted, approaching just, the fourth below 
the top note will also get slower, as it contracts from its expanded 
state toward just.

For example, if the octave is F3-F4, and the fifth above F3 is C4, the 
act of lowering C4 to contract the fifth, expands the fourth C4-F4. 
Contrariwise, if you then raise C4 to slow the fifth F3-C4, so doing 
also contracts the expanded fourth C4-F4 toward just, or beatless. It's 
easier to picture than to say. HTH.

-Mark

John M. Formsma wrote:
> How do you get 4ths and 5ths to both be slower? In equal temperament, a
> slower 5th means a faster 4th.