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The 5 blow and is shared between two chords: as a root for one chord and as perfect fifth for the other chord. Therefore, it can be tuned to ET and will sound good for both chords. The same is true of the 5 draw . The 7 blow is shared between two chords. As a major third it should be flattened, but ...

The 5 and 6 draw notes are shared between two chords: as roots for one chord and as perfect fifths for the other chord. Therefore, they can be tuned to ET and will sound good for both chords. None of the major third notes are shared; they can be tuned to ET -14 cents. None of the septimal minor seve...

The 6 blow and is shared between two chords: as a perfect fifth for one chord and a minor third for the other chord. A compromise tuning--perhaps of ET -7 cents--may be in order. If octave splits are to be played, all of the As in the blow layer should be tuned to be beat-less. The 5 draw and is sha...

The 5 blow and is shared between two chords: as a root for one chord and a perfect fifth for the other chord. Therefore, it can be tuned to ET and will sound good for both chords. The same is true of the 5 draw . None of the major third notes are shared; they can be tuned to ET -14 cents. None of th...

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Here is an interesting and well-controlled demonstration of different intonations: https://youtu.be/hC8RPFIaTzU

BIG NEWS .... To test the various versions of the minor 7th, I opened up http://onlinetonegenerator.com/ in four separate windows on my computer. Then I entered the follwing values (one per window): For the root of C: 263 Hz For the major third (E): 329 Hz For the perfect fifth (G): 395 Hz And for ...

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NAME: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies BASIC CONCEPT: Recently I was retuning a chord harmonica. I found myself getting a little mixed up with "cents". I understand why musicians use them, but the physicist in me just wants to calculate absolute frequencies and be done with it. What I ...