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'''Secor''' is an interval size measure named after/by [[George Secor]]. It's original technical definition is (18/5)^(1/19), or 116.716 cents, the 11 limit minimax generator for [[Miracle]] temperament, but it can be used for any interval of similar size that fulfils the requirements for Miracle and its extensions. | '''Secor''' is an interval size measure named after/by [[George Secor]]. It's original technical definition is (18/5)^(1/19), or 116.716 cents, the [[11 limit]] [[minimax]] [[generator]] for [[Miracle]] [[temperament]], but it can be used for any interval of similar size that fulfils the requirements for Miracle and its extensions. | ||
[[File:Derivation of the secor.png|thumb|600px|center|A diagram taken from George Secor's article "The Miracle Temperament and Decimal Keyboard" which was published in Xenharmonikôn 18 (2006). This visually demonstrates how the secor is found as the best interval that nearly-equally subdivides all six of the smallest odd harmonics — 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 — if you want whichever harmonic of those that has the worst approximation (as seen here, it's 5) to be as good of an approximation as possible.]] | |||
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Revision as of 18:32, 10 November 2021
Secor is an interval size measure named after/by George Secor. It's original technical definition is (18/5)^(1/19), or 116.716 cents, the 11 limit minimax generator for Miracle temperament, but it can be used for any interval of similar size that fulfils the requirements for Miracle and its extensions.
