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== Wolf Fifths, Wolf Fourths and the Uncanny Valleys of Harmony == | == Wolf Fifths, Wolf Fourths and the Uncanny Valleys of Harmony == | ||
As per Flora's later analysis<ref>''[[User:FloraC/Analysis on the 13-limit just intonation space: episode ii #Chapter V. Things Repel the Similar but Not Identical| Analysis on the 13-limit just intonation space: episode ii]]''. Flora Canou. Xenharmonic Wiki.</ref>, there are uncanny valleys on either side of each of the three primary functions. | As per Flora's later analysis<ref>''[[User:FloraC/Analysis on the 13-limit just intonation space: episode ii #Chapter V. Things Repel the Similar but Not Identical| Analysis on the 13-limit just intonation space: episode ii]]''. Flora Canou. Xenharmonic Wiki.</ref>, there are uncanny valleys on either side of each of the three primary functions. Flora Canou states the following... | ||
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: From a historical perspective, meantone was discovered for a good reason. Letting it do its duty is of the greatest mercy. Not accounting for the discordance of wolf fifths or melodic bumps is equivalent to holding that meantone need not exist, and that most recent to modern theories are either failure or flukes based on wrong principles. | |||
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However, my contention is that while meantone doing its duty around the Tonic makes sense as [[81/80]] is really quite discordant, it seems that under certain circumstances, the average listener acquainted with [[12edo]] music will not notice wolf fourths or wolf fifths unless they are explicitly pointed out, thus there are not only additional functions hiding in the shadows of the three primary functions, but rules governing their usage, which shall be covered in this section. | |||
=== Circumtonic Regions === | === Circumtonic Regions === | ||