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

On Feb 25, 2:00=EF=BF=BDam, Hans Aberg <haberg_20080...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
>
> > Neil <nhmil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> =EF=BF=BDUnderstanding 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.
>
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDHans Aberg

Hans, please remove your message then post it again without it looking
like like I wrote this:
> Fifth relation****ps matter for some music some of the time but
> have nothing to do with the basic concept of "scale".

I completely disagree with that.

=2E.. and then I'll remove this message.

Thanks,
Neil