Octave Stretch in other Lands

[Newton Hunt]

>  Are the beats of this minor
> third really the same as the beats of this major 6th? 

The m3 is slower than the M6.  this will provide a stretched octave. 
Final value is the sound of the octave and it's stretch.

> I should check it out more to see if the first trials 
> were not a quirk of the piano or lack of "a practiced ear". 

All according to what you get used to and find most useful in the
shortest amount of time to get a good result.

Don't let your ears loaf.

	Newton