Talk:Kite's color notation: Difference between revisions

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 :: To this paragraph specifically: to me a "y1" ought to be the interval such that "y1 * w2 = y2", i.e. the interval which "makes things yo". In that sense, 80/81 is y1, to me. The fact that the interval is descending doesn't change the fact that it functions like a y1, in the same way that the fact that 64/63 is ascending doesn't change the fact that functions like a ru1 (i.e. "makes things ru", "ru1 * w2 = ru2"). The fact y1 it's descending is an important fact though, e.g. it can help you remember that y2 is smaller than w2. --[[User:M-yac|M-yac]] ([[User talk:M-yac|talk]]) 03:47, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
+:: I just realized this may not work how I thought in color notation. In the FJS (which is what I'm most familiar with) "P1^5" is always the interval which "makes things up-five", e.g. "P1^5 * M2 = M2^5", "P1^5 * M3 = M3^5", "P1^5 * d12 = d12^5", etc. But in color notation "y1 * w3 = sy3", not "y3". So y1 is not the interval which "makes things yo"? Hmm. I think there's still some argument to be made about the "function" of y1 in color notation, but it gets more complicated with the large and small prefixes. (And unfortunately, I still don't have a great intuition for large and small prefixes.) --[[User:M-yac|M-yac]] ([[User talk:M-yac|talk]]) 04:01, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 : Ascending positive intervals (includes most ratios with N > D) go up in pitch, and either up the scale (e.g. 9/8 = w2) or stay the same (e.g. g1 or ry1 = 15/14)