Reclaiming the minor second

Amanda Riddell
Mar 2
1 min read

That's an interesting analysis of The Perfumed Garden. It's actually a slightly different minor second. k-Ni (Kumudvatī). It's a bit flatter than the equal tempered note, so it sounds loving. Think of it like an alternate tonic. - In my string quartet, the note is more like Tīvra (flatter minor second). The limma is the 90 cent interval which makes Scorrevole distinctive.

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Amanda Riddell

Mar 01

That's why the synth demo isn't quite right. It irks me that it sounds off.