Just intonation subgroup/Mike's tips

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On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Chris Vaisvil <[[@mailto:chrisvaisvil%40gmail.com|[email protected]]]>

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> For certain, no. I could only guess that subgroups are actually harmonic
> series prime limits.
Subgroups expand the concept of a prime limit. For instance, say you
want the 7-limit, but you don't care about prime 5; you just want
primes 2, 3, and 7. So that's the 2.3.7 subgroup. Or say that you want
the 7-limit, but you don't care about 3/1 but you do care about 9/1.
Then that's the 2.5.7.9 subgroup. Or, say that you want primes 2 and
3, and the composite interval 7/5; that's the 2.3.7/5 subgroup.

The rule for any subgroup is that if you multiply or divide intervals,
that's also in the subgroup. So for the 2.3.7 subgroup, 7*3 = 21/1 is
in the subgroup, as is 7/(2*3) = 7/6. And for the 2.3.7/5 subgroup,
2/(7/5 * 7/5) = 50/49 is in the subgroup, and so on. They're infinite
lattices of intervals.

11-EDO happens to be a decent temperament for the 2.7.9.11 subgroup.

-Mike

Anyway, you asked about figuring out what steps in 11-EDO approximate
what intervals. So if 11-EDO supports the 2.7.9.11 subgroup, I can
just give you the mappings for 2/1, 7/1, 9/1, and 11/1, and you can
mix and match them to get what intervals you want, right. So for
instance, 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps, 9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1
is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough
information for you to get all the intervals.

-Mike
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<html><head><title>n00b page</title></head><body>On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Chris Vaisvil &lt;<a class="wiki_link" href="http://mailto.wikispaces.com/chrisvaisvil%2540gmail.com" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br />
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<ul class="quotelist"><li>For certain, no. I could only guess that subgroups are actually harmonic</li><li>series prime limits.</li></ul>Subgroups expand the concept of a prime limit. For instance, say you<br />
want the 7-limit, but you don't care about prime 5; you just want<br />
primes 2, 3, and 7. So that's the 2.3.7 subgroup. Or say that you want<br />
the 7-limit, but you don't care about 3/1 but you do care about 9/1.<br />
Then that's the 2.5.7.9 subgroup. Or, say that you want primes 2 and<br />
3, and the composite interval 7/5; that's the 2.3.7/5 subgroup.<br />
<br />
The rule for any subgroup is that if you multiply or divide intervals,<br />
that's also in the subgroup. So for the 2.3.7 subgroup, 7*3 = 21/1 is<br />
in the subgroup, as is 7/(2*3) = 7/6. And for the 2.3.7/5 subgroup,<br />
2/(7/5 * 7/5) = 50/49 is in the subgroup, and so on. They're infinite<br />
lattices of intervals.<br />
<br />
11-EDO happens to be a decent temperament for the 2.7.9.11 subgroup.<br />
<br />
-Mike<br />
<br />
Anyway, you asked about figuring out what steps in 11-EDO approximate<br />
what intervals. So if 11-EDO supports the 2.7.9.11 subgroup, I can<br />
just give you the mappings for 2/1, 7/1, 9/1, and 11/1, and you can<br />
mix and match them to get what intervals you want, right. So for<br />
instance, 2/1 is 11 steps, 7/1 is 31 steps, 9/1 is 35 steps, and 11/1<br />
is 38 steps. So then 11/9 is 38-35 = 3 steps. That should be enough<br />
information for you to get all the intervals.<br />
<br />
-Mike<br />
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