Centaur
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Centaur is a 12-tone 7-limit mesotonal just intonation scale 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 file
! 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
Music
- See also: Category:Centaur tracks
- Symphony for a 1000 Hours without Orchestra (1991) – recorded using custom-tuned pump organ.
- "From Noise, Harmony" (2011) blog
- "Prelude for Centaur Tuned Piano" (2011) blog piano score
- "Scotch on the Rocks" (2011) blog
- "Chuckie's Basement" (2011) blog
- "After Creation" (2011) blog score
- "Crossing the Yalu River (1950)" (2011) blog
- "Centaur's Pasture" (2010) blog
- "Ayre for Solo Piano in Centaur A Tuning" (2014) blog