Re: Question re degrees of the scale (and my intro to this group)

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
> Neil <nhmiller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>  Understanding how scales
>> are generated based on the interval of a fifth, and how they sonically
>> and structurally relate to each other is essential to being a
>> musician.
....
> Fifth relation****ps matter for some music some of the time but
> have nothing to do with the basic concept of "scale".

The 7-tone scales created by iteration of 5th are exactly the diatonic 
scales. If further the octave 2 and perfect fifth 3/2 intervals are 
assumed, it is the Pythagorean tuning (for all practical purposes the 
same as 53-ET - try it out in say Scala to find out what it sounds 
like). Just intonation is not a true diatonic scale as the major second 
5/4 interval creates two major seconds of different sizes.

   Hans Aberg