[lbo-talk] Chuck's Cassirer posts

[shag]

this is way out of my technical competence, but I was wondering: is there
anything that is determined (too strong a word, but ...) by the octave
thingaroo you're discussing? IOW, given what is apparently a universal
somethingorother about music, does it actually matter to anything for
which we are often seeking answers, having debates, etc. etc.

aside: in the latest New Yorker, there's an article about an installation
in Alaska that is set up to project sounds for things happening on earth
such as volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tides, as well as with the
sun, moon, planets, stars.

Some people go, listen, and leave rather terrified/apalled.


> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>>> So there are musical systems in which octaves are not located at
>>> doubled frequencies?  Which?
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>> The perception of consonance varies depending on the amplitude of the
>> sound waves.  The claim that doubled frequencies are invariably
>> perceived as octaves is inconsistent with many decades of research on
>> auditory perception.
>
> You haven't answered my question.  Is there a musical system in the world
> where the octaves aren't tuned at doubled frequencies?
>
> And if not, you're saying it's just an accident that that's universal in
> all musical systems?
>
> Michael
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