From b.gohla@gmx.de Tue Jun 12 07:32:40 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: b.gohla@gmx.de X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 12 Jun 2001 14:32:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 7236 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2001 14:31:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 12 Jun 2001 14:31:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.gmx.net) (194.221.183.20) by mta2 with SMTP; 12 Jun 2001 14:31:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 15638 invoked by uid 0); 12 Jun 2001 14:31:26 -0000 Received: from b7ac5.pppool.de (HELO linux) (213.7.122.197) by mail.gmx.net (mail05) with SMTP; 12 Jun 2001 14:31:26 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Reply-To: b.gohla@gmx.de Organization: private site To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Letterals for notes and chords Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:31:43 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <0106110742210H.01000@neofelis> <4.3.2.7.2.20010612080055.00da5ba0@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010612080055.00da5ba0@127.0.0.1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01061216314301.00800@linux> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?utf-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gohla?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 the most logical in this matter to me would seem to be the use of numbers.= =20 suppose the frequency of the tone to be named is f, choose a reference=20 frequency F, thus a=3Dlb(F/f) would be a convenient measure, lb() being the= =20 binary logarithm. presuming F=3D440 1/s to be the default reference frequen= cy=20 that makes: note a - ------------ A 0 A# 0.0828 B 0.1640 C 0.4293 . . A' 1 A#' 1.0828 B 1.1640 . . the main advantages are that, to move to a differen octave simply add whole= =20 numbers, and this scheme does allow for notes not part of the dodecaphonic= =20 scale. unfortunately at the moment i can not come up with an easy way to=20 express this in lojban, except for a new gismu like x1 is a note with x2=3Da, x3=3DF and x4=3Df (F=3D 440 1/s by default) =09=09 - --=20 - -------------------- "unicode rules!" pub 1024D/834F4976 2001-01-07 Bj=C3=B6rn Gohla (Wissenschaftler, Weltb=C3= =BCrger)=20 Key fingerprint =3D 9FF4 FEDA CCDF DA0E 14D5 8129 6C14 3C39 834F 4976 sub 1024g/29571FE2 2001-01-07 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7JifTbBQ8OYNPSXYRAhLRAKCpytWNAqseIh8uw9yl1Np+IksJPQCeMPsW h0L3xtehXm89t1Arpx21Txo=3D =3DMh5s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----