Talk:Classic

"Classic pental"

I do not understand this recent change. If anyone is concerned that "classic" does not clearly convey the meaning "5-limit", they are free to use another term. This page was intended only to capture the fact that this is what many people mean when they use the word "classic".

I don't understand what value the word "classic" has in the descriptor "classic pental". That is redundant. Why not just say "pental"? Therefore I'm concerned that with "classipent" you're just making up a word with no value. I have never heard anyone else use these terms. --Cmloegcmluin (talk) 00:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

I would add that classic probably stands for the belief that, provided one intones sensitively and builds on perfect temperament, octaves, fifths and thirds can be harmonically reconciled within the bounds of 12 notes. Based on that, pental seems me to focus on the wrong thing. Maybe the Discord results should not be "glued" to the original statement this way. --Xenwolf (talk) 15:29, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

For my part, I'm forced to say that there are multiple pental major thirds and multiple pental minor thirds. For example, both 5/4 and 164025/131072 are pental major thirds since both are 5-limit. As far as I'm concerned, "pental" by itself could refer to either of these, and "classic" by itself could easily be used to refer to 3-limit intervals just as easily as 5-limit intervals. --Aura (talk) 00:53, 9 June 2021 (UTC)