Why do some note combinations sound good. This is a discussion of equal temperament vs. just intonation ratios http://irkenkitties.com/blog/2012/11/28/conso

Why do some note combinations sound good. This is a discussion of equal temperament vs. just intonation ratios http://irkenkitties.com/blog/2012/11/28/consonant-intervals-and-orthogonality/ http://irkenkitties.com/blog/2012/11/28/consonant-intervals-... ___________________ You can read a lot in the subreddit http://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/16h5fk/how_do_you_get_the_ratio_of_two_intervals_without/ http://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/16h5fk/how_do_y... http://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/16gl5h/a_question_about_the_science_behind_tuning/ http://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/16gl5h/a_questi... _________________ Equal temperament instruments present all kinds of problems, wolf intervals in the extreme (Pianos have inharmonicity/octave stretching, flutes effectively have octave stretching, guitars have all kinds of funkiness http://www.truetemperament.com/ http://www.truetemperament.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_interval https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_interval