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: Also, playing around with [http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/ the online Terpstra keyboard] to generate barbershop chords (4:5:6:7) in harpsichord timbre, the 12edo version definitely sounds better than the 19edo version, even though 19edo sounds better than 12edo when leaving off the A♯, and this matches my experience with other sound sources. Not only that, playing around with it some more, 19d (use B♭ instead of A♯) sounds better in 19edo than doing it according to the patent val, even though it is mathematically a lot further off. Just to prove I wasn't crazy or suddenly tone-deaf, doing the barbershop chord in 31edo sounds better than any of those, even though I don't like the fifth in 31edo (falls in that in-between zone of too flat for 3/2 and too sharp for 112/75). [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 07:19, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

:: I think that's just because you're used to 12edo. The 12edo "harmonic seventh chord" sounds better because it is the familiar dominant seventh chord, but IMO it doesn't really represent 4:5:6:7. Personally both the 12edo and 19edo versions sound quite different from 4:5:6:7, but the 19edo one is somewhat closer. --[[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 07:55, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

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	: Also, playing around with [http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/ the online Terpstra keyboard] to generate barbershop chords (4:5:6:7) in harpsichord timbre, the 12edo version definitely sounds better than the 19edo version, even though 19edo sounds better than 12edo when leaving off the A♯, and this matches my experience with other sound sources. Not only that, playing around with it some more, 19d (use B♭ instead of A♯) sounds better in 19edo than doing it according to the patent val, even though it is mathematically a lot further off. Just to prove I wasn't crazy or suddenly tone-deaf, doing the barbershop chord in 31edo sounds better than any of those, even though I don't like the fifth in 31edo (falls in that in-between zone of too flat for 3/2 and too sharp for 112/75). [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio\|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio\|talk]]) 07:19, 14 February 2026 (UTC)		: Also, playing around with [http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/ the online Terpstra keyboard] to generate barbershop chords (4:5:6:7) in harpsichord timbre, the 12edo version definitely sounds better than the 19edo version, even though 19edo sounds better than 12edo when leaving off the A♯, and this matches my experience with other sound sources. Not only that, playing around with it some more, 19d (use B♭ instead of A♯) sounds better in 19edo than doing it according to the patent val, even though it is mathematically a lot further off. Just to prove I wasn't crazy or suddenly tone-deaf, doing the barbershop chord in 31edo sounds better than any of those, even though I don't like the fifth in 31edo (falls in that in-between zone of too flat for 3/2 and too sharp for 112/75). [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio\|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio\|talk]]) 07:19, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

			:: I think that's just because you're used to 12edo. The 12edo "harmonic seventh chord" sounds better because it is the familiar dominant seventh chord, but IMO it doesn't really represent 4:5:6:7. Personally both the 12edo and 19edo versions sound quite different from 4:5:6:7, but the 19edo one is somewhat closer. --[[User:Overthink\|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink\|talk]]) 07:55, 14 February 2026 (UTC)