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Centaur is a 12-tone [[7-limit]] [[mesotonal]] [[just intonation]] created by [[Kraig Grady]]. It consists of a 5-limit just diatonic scale with 7-limit accidentals. | Centaur is a 12-tone [[7-limit]] [[mesotonal]] [[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. | |||
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, including the [[11-limit]] [[Centaura]]. | |||
== [[Scala]] definition == | == [[Scala]] definition == | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 31 August 2021
Centaur is a 12-tone 7-limit mesotonal 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, including the 11-limit Centaura.
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
- By Kraig Grady
- Symphony for a 1000 Hours without Orchestra (1991), recorded using custom-tuned pump organ.
- By Chris Vaisvil
- "From Noise, Harmony" (details)
- "Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano" (details) (piano score)
- "Scotch on the Rocks" (details)
- "Chuckie's Basement" (details)
- "After Creation" (details) (score)
- "Crossing the Yalu River (1950)"(details)
- "Centaur's Pasture" (details)
- "Ayre for Solo Piano in Centaur A Tuning" (details)