Gamelan music, from Java and Bali, uses interesting musical scales. The wiki page has some interesting info under "Tuning": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan#Tuning In particular, I found the following interesting: Balinese gamelan instruments are built in pairs that are tuned slightly apart to produce interference beats, ideally at a consistent speed for all pairs of notes in all registers. Tom Dan Asimov writes:
Thanks!
—Dan P.S. I've also heard that Indian Carnatic music divides the octave into 40+ parts, but am not familiar with it.
From: Cris Moore <moore@santafe.edu> You should check out the electronic etudes of Easley Blackwood, who divided the octave into N tones for 12 < n <= 24.
Cris
On Jan 18, 2018, at 1:55 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm curious to hear low-integer ratios that don't commonly occur in Western music.
(Anyone for 7/K, 2 <= K <= 5 ???)
—Dan
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