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> Certain notes within this are close, but not exactly, on a "simple ratio". It's just coincidental that it works out pretty good. It isn't coincidental. Equal
by nandemo 10y ago
> Certain notes within this are close, but not exactly, on a "simple ratio". It's just coincidental that it works out pretty good.
It isn't coincidental. Equal temperament was a fork of just intonation.
- robbrown451 10y agoNot sure what you are saying. It is chance how close they are. It works out fairly well in 12 tone scales, worse in most others. Is "coincidence" the wrong word? Maybe. But it didn't have to work out that way, luck or whatever you want to call it was involved.
- nandemo 10y agoJust intonation is based on intervals that are ratios of small whole numbers. The 12-tone equal temperament scale is historically a development of just intonation (a "fork" in software terms). So it's not a coincidence that 12-tone equal temperament intervals are close to ratios of small whole numbers.