Centaur

Centaur is a 12-tone just intonation scale created by Kraig Grady. It is 7-limit and mesotonal. It consists of a 5-limit just diatonic scale with 7-limit accidentals.

Grady's article on the scale is located at Centaur: a 7-limit Mesotonal Tuning and includes discussions of related scales, including the 11-limit scale Centaura.

Scala file

! centaur.scl
!
Kraig Grady's 7-limit "Centaur" scale (1987), see Xenharmonikon 16
 12
! august: sLLLLsLLLsLL; dominant: sLsLssLsLsLs; meantone: sLsLLsLsLsLL
!
 21/20
 9/8
 7/6
 5/4
 4/3
 7/5
 3/2
 14/9
 5/3
 7/4
 15/8
 2/1

Music

See also: Category:Centaur tracks

Kraig Grady

• Symphony for a 1000 Hours without Orchestra (1991) – recorded using custom-tuned pump organ.

Chris Vaisvil

• "From Noise, Harmony" (2011) blog
• "Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano" (2011) blog piano score
• "Scotch on the Rocks" (2011) blog
• "Chuckie's Basement" (2011) blog
• "After Creation" (2011) blog score
• "Crossing the Yalu River (1950)" (2011) blog
• "Centaur's Pasture" (2010) blog
• "Ayre for Solo Piano in Centaur A Tuning" (2014) blog

Xotla

• from Microtones & Garden Gnomes (2017)
  • "Prime Rime" Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Dreaming Reflections" Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Bonus - Duck n' Cover" Bandcamp