Introducing the birth of the Equal Beating Koval "mini" (EBKM) temperament. I created this for those people wondering what is a good "starting" temperament. I had been suggesting the Moore, but decided to take the time to create something especially for the 'first time'. With that in mind, I decided to keep the maximum offset from ET at 1.5 cents, and keep any fifths from being too noisy. This leads to a mild well-temperament with the major thirds ranging from 11.6 cents from pure to 15.5 cents from pure. I then "tweaked" the numbers to create the maximum equal beating effects. Variety of color, created to fly "under the radar" and be used as an ET substitute on a regular basis. offsets from equal temperament: C 1.5 C# -.2 D .5 D# .9 E -.6 F 1.4 F# -.8 G 1 G# .4 A 0 A# 1 B -.3 Realize, of course, with offsets this small, you've got to get pretty close (like ET) to get the proper effect. This is "freeware", use and distribute as you wish. Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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