Quarter-Comma Meantone (Part 6)

So far I’ve focused on the quarter-comma meantone system in its mathematically beautiful, symmetrical form above. Today I’ll say more about the scale as actually played: how we trim it down from a 13-note scale to a more practical 12-note scale, and what are the intervals between notes in the resulting scale.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2024/01/04/quarter-comma-meantone-part-6/