(see also Keyboard Video)
Any mid air syntonic commas have been rendered with a 2 msec pitch slide.
| C | G | D | A | E | B | F♯ | ||
| E♭ | B♭ | F | C | G | D | A | ||
| G♭ | D♭ | A♭ | E♭ | B♭ | F | C | ||
| G♭ | D♭ | A♭ |
You can download zipped .csv files containing the exact intervals used in this piece. Explanation of column headers.
There is a debate over whether this piece is really by J.S. Bach.
Here are the results for experiment 1.
Any mid air syntonic commas have been rendered with a 2 msec pitch slide.
| E | B | |||||||
| C | G | D | A | E | B | F♯ | ||
| A♭ | E♭ | B♭ | F | C | G | D | A | |
| G♭ | D♭ | A♭ | E♭ | B♭ | F | C | ||
| G♭ | D♭ | A♭ |
Comparison:
| Measurement | Main version | Experiment 1 |
| Syntonic commas (direct & mid-air) | 3 | 8 |
| Pitches/octave | 24 | 27 |
| Harmonic minor 3rds 6/5 | 607 | 642 |
| Harmonic minor 3rds 32/27 | 111 | 76 |
You can download zipped .csv files containing the exact intervals used in this piece. Explanation of column headers.