Centaur

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)