Centaur

Centaur is a 12-tone 7-limit 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.

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

• From Noise, Harmony by Chris Vaisvil (details)

Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano by Chris Vaisvil (details and brass transcription) and piano score

Scotch on the Rocks by Chris Vaisvil

Chuckie's Basement by Chris Vaisvil

After Creation by Chris Vaisvil and score

Crossing the Yalu River (1950) by Chris Vaisvil

Centaur's Pasture by Chris Vaisvil