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** [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/daily20100823-centaur-ver2.mp3 "Centaur's Pasture"] [http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=217 (details)] | ** [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/daily20100823-centaur-ver2.mp3 "Centaur's Pasture"] [http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=217 (details)] | ||
** [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/20141214_pianoteq_centaur_arye_for_solo_piano.mp3 "Ayre for Solo Piano in Centaur A Tuning"] [https://chrisvaisvil.com/ayre-for-solo-piano-in-centaur-a-tuning/ (details)] | ** [http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/20141214_pianoteq_centaur_arye_for_solo_piano.mp3 "Ayre for Solo Piano in Centaur A Tuning"] [https://chrisvaisvil.com/ayre-for-solo-piano-in-centaur-a-tuning/ (details)] | ||
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Revision as of 02:50, 9 December 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)