Re: Melodies move by step in any form of music?

"Danny Schorr" <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:36:02 GMT, "Steve Latham" <llatham@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>When you move from A to Bb, you've skipped, I don't know, and infinite
>>number of notes. All of the frequencies between 440 and 466 (I'm
rounding)
>>are being skipped.
>
> No, No, No - there must be some threshold to be crossed where the ear
> accepts that you've ventured from a "wide unison" to a minor second.
> Otherwise the whole conception of 12TET would fall apart.


That's my point. The whole concept of 12tet is, just a concept. It's a 
system we've imposed upon frequencies. Other cultures imposed other
systems. 
Thus the concept of "skipping" a note depends heavily on the system in
use.

Steve