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Re: [Phys-L] music scales

Musical scales and tuning are surprising. They're not solely about
frequency.
You want to read these articles:

Intonation in Musical Performance
By Chas. Williamson
AJP 10, 171–175 (1942)

The physics of musical scales: Theory and experiment
Dallin S. Durfee; John S. Colton
AJP 83, 835–842 (2015)

Quantitative Evaluation of Musical Scale Tunings
Donald E. Hall
AJP 42, 543–552 (1974)

Let me know what you think of these articles.

-- 
Gerald Zani
Senior Engineering Technician
Brown University School of Engineering
(401) 863-9571