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|+example: 9-US(3/4)
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! quantity
! quantity
! (0)
! 1
! 1
! 2
! 2
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! 7
! 7
! 8
! 8
! (9)
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! frequency
! frequency (f)
|28/28
|28/28
|28/25
|28/25
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|(28/4)
|(28/4)
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! pitch
! pitch (log₂f)
|0.00
|0.00
|0.16
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! length
! length (1/f)
|28/28
|28/28
|25/28
|25/28

Revision as of 22:03, 22 March 2021

A US, or utonal sequence, is a kind of arithmetic and monotonic tuning.

The full specification of a US is (n-)USp: (n pitches of a) utonal sequence adding by p.

A US is a specific (rational) type of ALS, or arithmetic length sequence. By varying the undertone series step size to some rational number (other than 1) you can produce a US, and varying it to an irrational number you can produce an ALS. In other words, by shifting the undertone series by a constant amount of string length, the step sizes remain equal in terms of length, but their relationship in pitch changes.

example: 8-US(3/4)
quantity (0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
frequency (f) 28/28 28/25 28/22 28/19 28/16 28/13 28/10 28/7 (28/4)
pitch (log₂f) 0.00 0.16 0.35 0.56 0.81 1.11 1.49 2.00 (2.81)
length (1/f) 28/28 25/28 22/28 19/28 16/28 13/28 10/28 7/28 (4/28)