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An interesting feature of tuning systems, as implemented on keyboards (conventional or alternative), is the [[keyboard mappings|mapping]] of pure or tempered ratios to positions on the keyboard layout. | An interesting feature of tuning systems, as implemented on keyboards (conventional or alternative), is the [[keyboard mappings|mapping]] of pure or tempered ratios to positions on the keyboard layout. | ||
Here I shall explore the mapping of approximate ratios, and especially of superparticular and other ratios within [[Harry Partch]] | Here I shall explore the mapping of approximate ratios, and especially of superparticular and other ratios within [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch|Harry Partch's]] larger 17-limit set, in the tuning system and keyboard arrangement I call Peppermint 24. | ||
Peppermint 24 takes as its basis a [[Regular Temperaments|regular temperament]] mentioned in [[Erv Wilson|Ervin Wilson]]'s Scale Tree and described on the Tuning List by [[Keenan Pepper]], with a fifth of about 704.096 cents, and a precise ratio of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio|Phi]], the Golden Section (~1.618) between the larger chromatic semitone (e.g. C-C#) at about 128.669 cents and the smaller diatonic semitone (e.g. C#-D) at about 79.522 cents. | Peppermint 24 takes as its basis a [[Regular Temperaments|regular temperament]] mentioned in [[Erv Wilson|Ervin Wilson]]'s Scale Tree and described on the Tuning List by [[Keenan Pepper]], with a fifth of about 704.096 cents, and a precise ratio of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio|Phi]], the Golden Section (~1.618) between the larger chromatic semitone (e.g. C-C#) at about 128.669 cents and the smaller diatonic semitone (e.g. C#-D) at about 79.522 cents. | ||
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An interesting feature of tuning systems, as implemented on keyboards (conventional or alternative), is the <a class="wiki_link" href="/keyboard%20mappings">mapping</a> of pure or tempered ratios to positions on the keyboard layout.<br /> | An interesting feature of tuning systems, as implemented on keyboards (conventional or alternative), is the <a class="wiki_link" href="/keyboard%20mappings">mapping</a> of pure or tempered ratios to positions on the keyboard layout.<br /> | ||
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Here I shall explore the mapping of approximate ratios, and especially of superparticular and other ratios within <a class=" | Here I shall explore the mapping of approximate ratios, and especially of superparticular and other ratios within <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch" rel="nofollow">Harry Partch's</a> larger 17-limit set, in the tuning system and keyboard arrangement I call Peppermint 24.<br /> | ||
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Peppermint 24 takes as its basis a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">regular temperament</a> mentioned in <a class="wiki_link" href="/Erv%20Wilson">Ervin Wilson</a>'s Scale Tree and described on the Tuning List by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Keenan%20Pepper">Keenan Pepper</a>, with a fifth of about 704.096 cents, and a precise ratio of <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio" rel="nofollow">Phi</a>, the Golden Section (~1.618) between the larger chromatic semitone (e.g. C-C#) at about 128.669 cents and the smaller diatonic semitone (e.g. C#-D) at about 79.522 cents.<br /> | Peppermint 24 takes as its basis a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">regular temperament</a> mentioned in <a class="wiki_link" href="/Erv%20Wilson">Ervin Wilson</a>'s Scale Tree and described on the Tuning List by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Keenan%20Pepper">Keenan Pepper</a>, with a fifth of about 704.096 cents, and a precise ratio of <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio" rel="nofollow">Phi</a>, the Golden Section (~1.618) between the larger chromatic semitone (e.g. C-C#) at about 128.669 cents and the smaller diatonic semitone (e.g. C#-D) at about 79.522 cents.<br /> | ||