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From: | Hans Aberg |
Subject: | Re: specific temperament and pitch |
Date: | Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:47:26 +0100 |
On 10 Feb 2008, at 10:31, neuro wrote:
Since there are possible different tuning systems (for example, 12- equaal temperament, just intonation, etc), and tuning pitch (for example, A=440, 442 etc.)is it possible to assign specific pitches to specific notes, in Lilypond.
By some funny coincidence, except for the tuning pitch, I just asked help to fix this for n-ET (see other thread). The current state of the matter, is that you can produce n = multiples 12 - see the Turkish makam example in "Snippets", "Pitches" (search for "micro").
In general, if the Western staff line system and key signatures should be interpreted as pitches, then it must be a true diatonic scale. A scale like the Just Intonation defined by rational intervals is in reality tritonic, made up of a minor second m, and two majors seconds of different sizes. So it is probably better to find an n-ET approximation, such as 31-ET, or notate it with intermediate pitches against a true diatonic scale, like in the Sagittal music notation system.
Hans Ã…berg
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