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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Chris Vaisvil &lt;[[@mailto:chrisvaisvil%40gmail.com|[email protected]]]&gt;
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is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough
is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough
information for you to get all the intervals.
information for you to get all the intervals.
-Mike
OK, so rather than write all of that out in English, though, we can
just use a simple notation. So if 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps,
9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1 is 38 steps, then we can just condense all
that as follows:
&lt;11 31 35 38|
where it's understood in this particular case that the coefficients
represent how many steps map to 2/1, 7/1, 9/1 and 11/1, respectively.
This is called a val, and this is why we use them; so we can figure
out how many steps every interval maps to. So 9/7 in the above case is
35-31 = 4 steps.


-Mike
-Mike
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is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough&lt;br /&gt;
is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough&lt;br /&gt;
information for you to get all the intervals.&lt;br /&gt;
information for you to get all the intervals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Mike&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
OK, so rather than write all of that out in English, though, we can&lt;br /&gt;
just use a simple notation. So if 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps,&lt;br /&gt;
9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1 is 38 steps, then we can just condense all&lt;br /&gt;
that as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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out how many steps every interval maps to. So 9/7 in the above case is&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
-Mike&lt;br /&gt;
-Mike&lt;br /&gt;
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Chris Vaisvil <[[@mailto/chrisvaisvil%40gmail.com|[email protected]]]>

wrote:

>

> For certain, no. I could only guess that subgroups are actually harmonic
> series prime limits.
Subgroups expand the concept of a prime limit. For instance, say you
want the 7-limit, but you don't care about prime 5; you just want
primes 2, 3, and 7. So that's the 2.3.7 subgroup. Or say that you want
the 7-limit, but you don't care about 3/1 but you do care about 9/1.
Then that's the 2.5.7.9 subgroup. Or, say that you want primes 2 and
3, and the composite interval 7/5; that's the 2.3.7/5 subgroup.

The rule for any subgroup is that if you multiply or divide intervals,
that's also in the subgroup. So for the 2.3.7 subgroup, 7*3 = 21/1 is
in the subgroup, as is 7/(2*3) = 7/6. And for the 2.3.7/5 subgroup,
2/(7/5 * 7/5) = 50/49 is in the subgroup, and so on. They're infinite
lattices of intervals.

11-EDO happens to be a decent temperament for the 2.7.9.11 subgroup.

-Mike

Anyway, you asked about figuring out what steps in 11-EDO approximate
what intervals. So if 11-EDO supports the 2.7.9.11 subgroup, I can
just give you the mappings for 2/1, 7/1, 9/1, and 11/1, and you can
mix and match them to get what intervals you want, right. So for
instance, 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps, 9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1
is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough
information for you to get all the intervals.

-Mike

OK, so rather than write all of that out in English, though, we can
just use a simple notation. So if 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps,
9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1 is 38 steps, then we can just condense all
that as follows:

<11 31 35 38|

where it's understood in this particular case that the coefficients
represent how many steps map to 2/1, 7/1, 9/1 and 11/1, respectively.
This is called a val, and this is why we use them; so we can figure
out how many steps every interval maps to. So 9/7 in the above case is
35-31 = 4 steps.

-Mike
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<html><head><title>n00b page</title></head><body>On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Chris Vaisvil &lt;<a class="wiki_link" href="http://mailto.wikispaces.com/chrisvaisvil%2540gmail.com" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br />
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wrote:<br />
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<ul class="quotelist"><li>For certain, no. I could only guess that subgroups are actually harmonic</li><li>series prime limits.</li></ul>Subgroups expand the concept of a prime limit. For instance, say you<br />
want the 7-limit, but you don't care about prime 5; you just want<br />
primes 2, 3, and 7. So that's the 2.3.7 subgroup. Or say that you want<br />
the 7-limit, but you don't care about 3/1 but you do care about 9/1.<br />
Then that's the 2.5.7.9 subgroup. Or, say that you want primes 2 and<br />
3, and the composite interval 7/5; that's the 2.3.7/5 subgroup.<br />
<br />
The rule for any subgroup is that if you multiply or divide intervals,<br />
that's also in the subgroup. So for the 2.3.7 subgroup, 7*3 = 21/1 is<br />
in the subgroup, as is 7/(2*3) = 7/6. And for the 2.3.7/5 subgroup,<br />
2/(7/5 * 7/5) = 50/49 is in the subgroup, and so on. They're infinite<br />
lattices of intervals.<br />
<br />
11-EDO happens to be a decent temperament for the 2.7.9.11 subgroup.<br />
<br />
-Mike<br />
<br />
Anyway, you asked about figuring out what steps in 11-EDO approximate<br />
what intervals. So if 11-EDO supports the 2.7.9.11 subgroup, I can<br />
just give you the mappings for 2/1, 7/1, 9/1, and 11/1, and you can<br />
mix and match them to get what intervals you want, right. So for<br />
instance, 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps, 9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1<br />
is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough<br />
information for you to get all the intervals.<br />
<br />
-Mike<br />
<br />
OK, so rather than write all of that out in English, though, we can<br />
just use a simple notation. So if 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps,<br />
9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1 is 38 steps, then we can just condense all<br />
that as follows:<br />
<br />
&lt;11 31 35 38|<br />
<br />
where it's understood in this particular case that the coefficients<br />
represent how many steps map to 2/1, 7/1, 9/1 and 11/1, respectively.<br />
This is called a val, and this is why we use them; so we can figure<br />
out how many steps every interval maps to. So 9/7 in the above case is<br />
35-31 = 4 steps.<br />
<br />
-Mike<br />
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