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Re: Harry Partch's 43-note scale [LONG]

by Mark Ballora :: Rate this Message:

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Thank you for the suggestion.
I wrote this four years ago. Was this form of array definition in
effect back then?

gratefully - Mark

>Just a general suggestion... whenever you find yourself writing:
>
>~p1 = ...;
>~p2 = ...;
>etc.
>
>... you'll be much better served by an array.
>
>p = [1, 81/80, etc.];
>
>Then, instead of
>
>>                  p1list=[~p18, ~p19, ~p20, ~p22, ~p24, ~p25, ~p26,
>>   ~p27, ~p28, ~p29, ~p30, ~p33, ~p43];
>
>You could do
>
>p1list = p[[17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 42]];
>
>It does mean thinking from 0 rather than 1 but isn't that a much
>cleaner syntax?
>hjh
>
>On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Mark Ballora <ballora@...> wrote:
>>   I created this backdrop of shifting tones from his scale for a piece.
>>   I defined the ratios and multiplied them by a fundamental.
>>
>>   ~p1=1.round(1);                 // 1/1
>>   ~p2=1.0125.round(1.0125);       // 81/80
>>   ~p3=1.03125.round(1.03125); // 33/32
>
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