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'''Musical cells''' are a system of [[Mario Pizarro]] for constructing [[well temperament]]s. Recently he has connected this to a system of stretched octaves he calls "'''toctaves'''". This is discussed on ''[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_100427.html The corrected progression of musical cells]''.
'''Musical cells'''{{idiosyncratic}} are a system of [[Mario Pizarro]] for constructing [[well temperament]]s. Recently he has connected this to a system of stretched octaves he calls "'''toctaves'''"{{idiosyncratic}}. This is discussed on ''[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_100427.html The corrected progression of musical cells]''.


== Musical cells ==
== Musical cells ==
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== Toctave ==
== Toctave ==
'''Toctave''' (short for "True Octave") is a frequency ratio of 27 * 2^(1/4) / 16 (ca. 1205.865 cents) which Pizarro came up with in connection with his theory of musical cells.
The toctave (short for "True Octave") is a frequency ratio of 27 * 2^(1/4) / 16 (ca. 1205.865 cents) which Pizarro came up with in connection with his theory of musical cells.


<math>Toctave=\frac{27}{16}\sqrt[4]{2} \approx 2.0067870065670918\dots</math>
<math>Toctave=\frac{27}{16}\sqrt[4]{2} \approx 2.0067870065670918\dots</math>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Octave]]
* [[Octave]]
* [[Wikipedia:Stretched tuning]]
* [[Stretched tuning]]
* [[Wikipedia:Stretched octave]]
* [[Wikipedia:Stretched octave]]


[[Category:Well temperament]]
[[Category:Well temperament]]

Latest revision as of 20:55, 12 December 2023

Musical cells[idiosyncratic term] are a system of Mario Pizarro for constructing well temperaments. Recently he has connected this to a system of stretched octaves he calls "toctaves"[idiosyncratic term]. This is discussed on The corrected progression of musical cells.

Musical cells

Pizarro's musical cells are based on a set of three commas:

  • M: (38 × 5)/215 (schisma);
  • J: (225 × 21/4)/(313 × 52);
  • U: (212 × 52 × 31/2)/311.

Using combinations of these commas, he defined two "semitone factors" K and P, which he then put together to from the Piagui scale. This well-tempered scale follows an 8L 4s pattern, with large steps K and small steps P. There are three variants (rotations) of this scale: Piagui I (KKP KKP KKP KKP), Piagui II (KPK KPK KPK KPK) and Piagui III (PKK PKK PKK PKK).

Toctave

The toctave (short for "True Octave") is a frequency ratio of 27 * 2^(1/4) / 16 (ca. 1205.865 cents) which Pizarro came up with in connection with his theory of musical cells.

[math]\displaystyle{ Toctave=\frac{27}{16}\sqrt[4]{2} \approx 2.0067870065670918\dots }[/math]

This is 1/4 of a Pythagorean comma sharp.

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See also