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Centaur is a 12-tone [[7-limit]] [[just intonation]] created by [[Kraig Grady]]. It consists of a 5-limit just diatonic scale with 7-limit accidentals. | |||
Grady's article on the scale is located at [http://anaphoria.com/centaur.html CENTAUR A 7-LIMIT MESOTONAL TUNING] and includes discussions of related scales. | |||
Kraig Grady's 7-limit "Centaur" scale (1987), see Xenharmonikon 16 | == [[Scala]] definition == | ||
! centaur.scl | |||
Kraig Grady's 7-limit "Centaur" scale (1987), see Xenharmonikon 16 | |||
12 | |||
! august: sLLLLsLLLsLL; dominant: sLsLssLsLsLs; meantone: sLsLLsLsLsLL | |||
! | |||
21/20 | |||
9/8 | |||
7/6 | |||
5/4 | |||
4/3 | |||
7/5 | |||
3/2 | |||
14/9 | |||
5/3 | |||
7/4 | |||
15/8 | |||
2/1 | |||
== Works Using Centaur Tuning == | |||
*[http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/bashed_cymbals_JI_mixdown.mp3 From Noise, Harmony] by [http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1380 Chris Vaisvil (details)] | |||
[http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/bashed_cymbals_JI_mixdown.mp3 From Noise, Harmony] by [http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1380 Chris Vaisvil (details) ] | |||
[http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.mp3 Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano] by [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.mp3 Chris Vaisvil (details and brass transcription)] [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.pdf and piano score ] | [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.mp3 Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano] by [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.mp3 Chris Vaisvil (details and brass transcription)] [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.pdf and piano score ] | ||
Revision as of 13:28, 8 May 2019
Centaur is a 12-tone 7-limit just intonation created by Kraig Grady. It consists of a 5-limit just diatonic scale with 7-limit accidentals. Grady's article on the scale is located at CENTAUR A 7-LIMIT MESOTONAL TUNING and includes discussions of related scales.
Scala definition
! centaur.scl Kraig Grady's 7-limit "Centaur" scale (1987), see Xenharmonikon 16 12 ! august: sLLLLsLLLsLL; dominant: sLsLssLsLsLs; meantone: sLsLLsLsLsLL ! 21/20 9/8 7/6 5/4 4/3 7/5 3/2 14/9 5/3 7/4 15/8 2/1
Works Using Centaur Tuning
Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano by Chris Vaisvil (details and brass transcription) and piano score
Scotch on the Rocks by Chris Vaisvil
Chuckie's Basement by Chris Vaisvil
After Creation by Chris Vaisvil and score