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* "Zurutal, zurutar & zuruti": | * "Zurutal, zurutar & zuruti": | ||
** The letter Z looks like a big barn door with the diagonal beam to stabilise it, representing how simple yet stable srutal is and how much harmonic weight it can bear with very few notes | ** The letter Z looks like a big barn door with the diagonal beam to stabilise it, representing how simple yet stable srutal is and how much harmonic weight it can bear with very few notes | ||
** The letter Z looks like the winding path the temperaments took across the world | ** The letter Z looks like the winding path the temperaments took across the world to become what they are here and now | ||
** The letter Z calls to mind the idea of “alpha and omega”, of infinity and timelessness, representing the ancient tradition of shruti, and the cyclic nature of Hindu cosmology and the way that is reflected in the cyclic nature of the 22-tone scale of generators and periods | ** The letter Z calls to mind the idea of “alpha and omega”, of infinity and timelessness, representing the ancient tradition of shruti, and the cyclic nature of Hindu cosmology and the way that is reflected in the cyclic nature of the [[:Category:22-tone scales|22-tone]] scale of generators and periods | ||