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The 11/9 interval, usually considered a "neutral third", is in porcupine identical to the 6/5 "minor third". This means that the 27/20 "wolf fifth" of the JI diatonic scale is equivalent to 11/8 (rather than becoming 4/3 as in meantone). | The 11/9 interval, usually considered a "neutral third", is in porcupine identical to the 6/5 "minor third". This means that the 27/20 "wolf fifth" of the JI diatonic scale is equivalent to 11/8 (rather than becoming 4/3 as in meantone). | ||
The characteristic small interval of porcupine, which is 60.75 cents in this tuning but can range from <50 to 80 cents in general, represents both 25/24 and 81/80. | The characteristic small interval of porcupine, which is 60.75 cents in this tuning but can range from <50 to 80 cents in general, represents both 25/24 and 81/80. | ||
==History== | |||
<span class="commentBody">Porcupine temperament/scales were discovered by [[Dave Keenan]], but didn't have a name until [[Herman Miller]] mentioned that his Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-tET had a section where it "pumps" the 250:243 "comma." Although this music did not use a Porcupine MOS or MODMOS (which would have 7 or 8 notes), the name was adopted for such scales as well, once the essentially one-to-one relationship between vanishing commas and sequences of DE scales was fully evident. It was clear that even though Herman's piece was in 15, 22 was a porcupine tuning par excellence, and that was an interesting development in itself.</span> | |||
==Musical examples== | ==Musical examples== | ||
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The characteristic small interval of porcupine, which is 60.75 cents in this tuning but can range from &lt;50 to 80 cents in general, represents both 25/24 and 81/80.<br /> | The characteristic small interval of porcupine, which is 60.75 cents in this tuning but can range from &lt;50 to 80 cents in general, represents both 25/24 and 81/80.<br /> | ||
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<ul><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sites.google.com/site/teamouse/home#TOC-Mizarian-music" rel="nofollow">Mizarian Porcupine Overture</a>&quot;, Herman Miller, 1999. (15edo, namesake of the temperament)</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.myspace.com/paulerlich/music/songs/glassic-in-22-tone-equal-temperament-45202095" rel="nofollow">Glassic</a>&quot;, Paul Erlich, <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a> (at least the beginning part is in porcupine).</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/download/NightOnPorcupineMountain/Genewardsmithmussorgsky-NightOnPorcupineMountain.mp3" rel="nofollow">Night on Porcupine Mountain</a>&quot;, Gene Ward Smith and Modest Mussorgsky, <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a>.</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8839060" rel="nofollow">being a</a>&quot;, Andrew Heathwaite, 2010.</li></ul><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <span class="commentBody">Porcupine temperament/scales were discovered by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Dave%20Keenan">Dave Keenan</a>, but didn't have a name until <a class="wiki_link" href="/Herman%20Miller">Herman Miller</a> mentioned that his Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-tET had a section where it &quot;pumps&quot; the 250:243 &quot;comma.&quot; Although this music did not use a Porcupine MOS or MODMOS (which would have 7 or 8 notes), the name was adopted for such scales as well, once the essentially one-to-one relationship between vanishing commas and sequences of DE scales was fully evident. It was clear that even though Herman's piece was in 15, 22 was a porcupine tuning par excellence, and that was an interesting development in itself.</span><br /> | ||
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<ul><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sites.google.com/site/teamouse/home#TOC-Mizarian-music" rel="nofollow">Mizarian Porcupine Overture</a>&quot;, Herman Miller, 1999. (15edo, namesake of the temperament)</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.myspace.com/paulerlich/music/songs/glassic-in-22-tone-equal-temperament-45202095" rel="nofollow">Glassic</a>&quot;, Paul Erlich, <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a> (at least the beginning part is in porcupine).</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/download/NightOnPorcupineMountain/Genewardsmithmussorgsky-NightOnPorcupineMountain.mp3" rel="nofollow">Night on Porcupine Mountain</a>&quot;, Gene Ward Smith and Modest Mussorgsky, <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a>.</li><li>&quot;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8839060" rel="nofollow">being a</a>&quot;, Andrew Heathwaite, 2010.</li></ul><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc3"><a name="x-Images"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 -->Images</h2> | |||
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