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

[David Ilvedson]

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Hee, hee...let's all give Richard some of what he gave us in our=
 confusion...;-]

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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 ! :)


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