On Thursday 05 April 2007, Fons Adriaensen
wrote:
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:34:23PM -0400, Charles
Linart wrote:
There are 12 frequencies of sound that are
recognized by the human ear
as musical notes.
That's completely wrong. Your recognise notes because you have been
conditioned for them. It could be any set of frequencies.
I don't think so. Though the frequency relations used in the scales all
over this world might differ, almost all do have some relation to the
natural harmonic series..
So the details might differ, but the big picture is the same :)
Btw: i do not want to imply that it is impossible to make music with pitch
collections that don't resemble any known scale based on harmonics..