tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016693.post6124120205212460709..comments2023-11-03T03:24:32.662-05:00Comments on typings of AndR, k.s.c.: Shortspeak for Intervals of 31tETAndrew Aaron Heathwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957741864754144273noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016693.post-86260800618168849042008-01-03T08:13:00.000-06:002008-01-03T08:13:00.000-06:00HlosrJacob,It pleases me that you find value in th...HlosrJacob,<BR/><BR/>It pleases me that you find value in this system. I came up with something very similar a while ago for 17tET, so it didn't take much to apply it to 31.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought of switching th order of th syllables. I have no opposition, & it makes sense to distinguish between ascending & descending intervals. However, doing so would contradict your statement, "I want the shortname to "stress" the interval-class before the inflection."<BR/><BR/>I say them as you do, with accent on th first syllable - a trochee.<BR/><BR/>Making thirds "-dr" does not bother me except that, generally speaking, I tend to enjoy singing "i" more than "r". According to classical singing diction, "r" counts as a vowel, so "-dr" works.<BR/><BR/>(However, it might negatively affect th unconscious sexiness of th system when th "neutral third" sounds more like "neuter" than "nudie". Hee hee.)<BR/><BR/>Th "i" exists already in "fi" for fifth. So "dr" probably makes more sense, fitting better with th English & providing variety.<BR/><BR/>¤ ¤ ¤<BR/><BR/>I thought of a possible downside to using this system. By giving one name to some of th more ambiguous intervals, like, say, th 465 cent interval I've labelled "lesser fourth, lefo," it unconsciously implies & thus limits their function. In practice these past few days, I've found that "lefo" can sound very much like a third, rather than a fourth. (Admittedly, an extremely wide third.)<BR/><BR/>I don't know if we could remove this bias in dealing with ambiguous intervals, nor whether it really matters. It does not bother me to use something called "lesser fourth" as a third in appropriate contexts.<BR/><BR/>~a th nnAndrew Aaron Heathwaitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957741864754144273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016693.post-85678391588887375602008-01-03T03:54:00.000-06:002008-01-03T03:54:00.000-06:00Brilliant!Having two syllables is perfect for prac...Brilliant!<BR/><BR/>Having two syllables is perfect for practicing singing melodic intervals. Would your permit switching the order of syllables? It would be neat for one ordering to mean the interval travelling in the upwards direction, and the other, down. But also, and unrelatedly, I tend to imagine two-syllable words with the first syllable accented - how have you been saying them to yourself? - and I want the shortname to "stress" the interval-class before the inflection; it's analogous to languages that put the noun before the adjective.<BR/><BR/>As to the particles themselves...brilliant. I kind of wish that "third" was -dr, a phonetic reversal. Whayou think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com