In this system the perfect fifth is flattened by one quarter of a syntonic comma, with respect to its just intonation used in Pythagorean tuning ( 5 : 4 ).
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In 1969 Appleton's first recordings were published ( Appleton Syntonic Menageire and Human Music the latter in collaboration with jazz musician Flying Dutchman label, produced by Bob Thiele.
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And the Regular Diatonic Tunings article was originally called Syntonic Temperament, a name used for these tunings only in context of a particular synthesizer-most microtonalists have never heard of the phrase.
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This temperament splits the Syntonic comma between four fifths instead of two . 1 / 4-comma tempered fifths are used extensively in meantone and are much easier to tune and to listen to.
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Since it's a linear temperament, it can be played on an isomorphic keyboard, on which the fingering-pattern of any given musical structure is the same in any syntonic tuning.
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Where we have " two " ratios for a given letter name, we have a difference of 81 : 80 ( or 22 cents ), which is known as the syntonic comma.
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Because 53-TET is compatible with both the schismatic temperament and the syntonic temperament, it can be used as a pivot tuning in a temperament modulation ( a musical effect enabled by dynamic tonality ).
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Composer Ben Johnston uses a " " " as an accidental to indicate a note is lowered by a syntonic comma, or a " + " to indicate a note is raised by a syntonic comma.
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Composer Ben Johnston uses a " " " as an accidental to indicate a note is lowered by a syntonic comma, or a " + " to indicate a note is raised by a syntonic comma.
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Likewise, the difference between the tone and the perfect fourth is the " semiditone ", a narrow minor third, 32 / 27, which differs from 6 / 5 by the syntonic comma.
