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''' | The '''secor''' is a [[unit of interval size]] named after [[George Secor]]. It's original technical definition is (18/5)<sup>1/19</sup>, or 116.716{{cent}}, the [[11-limit]] minimax [[generator]] for [[miracle]] [[temperament]], but it can be used for any interval of similar size that fulfils the requirements for Miracle and its extensions. | ||
The secor was first derived by George Secor in 1975, in his article "[http://www.anaphoria.com/secor.pdf A new look at the Partch Monotphonic Fabric]", published in Xenharmonikôn 3: "If the above keyboard is tuned so that each key plays 116.89 cents different in pitch from the one beside it, a temperament will result in which none of the 29 primary ratios within the 11-limit will be more than about 3.32 cents false." At this time, the interval was yet unnamed. The name "secor" was proposed in 2001 by [[Dave Keenan]], both in honor of Secor and as a contraction of "SECond, minOR"<ref>https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_27028#27062</ref>. | The secor was first derived by George Secor in 1975, in his article "[http://www.anaphoria.com/secor.pdf A new look at the Partch Monotphonic Fabric]", published in Xenharmonikôn 3: "If the above keyboard is tuned so that each key plays 116.89 cents different in pitch from the one beside it, a temperament will result in which none of the 29 primary ratios within the 11-limit will be more than about 3.32 cents false." At this time, the interval was yet unnamed. The name "secor" was proposed in 2001 by [[Dave Keenan]], both in honor of Secor and as a contraction of "SECond, minOR"<ref>https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_27028#27062</ref>. | ||