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Re: Intervals between various B pitches


From: Hans Åberg
Subject: Re: Intervals between various B pitches
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 18:09:11 +0200

You are welcome. This pattern may be better for understanding the staff system and how LilyPond works:

Currently, LilyPond uses the M and the # as generators, and the latter is put on a rational number continuous variable, tied to E12, the 12-equal tone-system. But no matter what rational value one chooses on the horizontal #-line, one only gets two generators: genuine microtone notation should have more generators.

One can also see things like that a scale that takes up 7 adjacent staff positions also uses all seven note name letters, and will always do that no matter how transposed.


On 21 May 2018, at 17:41, Menu Jacques <address@hidden> wrote:

Thanks Hans!

JM

Le 20 mai 2018 à 20:56, Hans Åberg <address@hidden> a écrit :

Here is a two-dimensional layout fitting into the staff system (use a monospace font to view). Pitches increase by moving up or to the right. Moving vertically corresponds to changing position on the staff; moving horizontally, applying an accidental.

Pitches altering layout as follows:
     m ^  ^ M
       | /
  b <- . -> #
      /|
  -M v v -m
where M (resp. m) is the major (resp. minor) second, and the
the sharp # (resp. flat b) raises (resp lower) with the interval
M - m, that is, the difference between the major and minor seconds.

Resulting pattern, in a scale using names A B C D E F G:
                    Ab' A'  A#'
                Gb  G   G#
            Fb  F   F#
            Eb  E   E#
        Db  D   D#
    Cb  C   C#
    Bb  B   B#
Ab  A   A#
For traditional interval names:
                D8  P8  A8
                D7  m7  M7  A7
            D6  m6  M6  A6
            D5  P5  A5
        D4  P4  A4
    D3  m3  M3  A3
D2  m2  M2  A2
D1  P1  A1
writing
P  pure
M  major
m  minor
A  augmented
D  diminished
plus numbers: 1st, 2nd, etc.

Then transpose by translating, also between the two diagrams.



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