scale2.eps : another Scale Slide-Rule -- this example compares 16-tone harmonic scale to 22-tet, with labels on the 22-tet dotted lines and without the vertical cut & fold lines.
/tuning [ % tuning is array of ratios as pairs of integers: num den % (does not need to be in pitch order) 1 1 9 8 5 4 11 8 3 2 13 8 7 4 15 8 17 16 19 16 21 16 23 16 25 16 27 16 29 16 31 16 2 1 ] def /temper % choose equal temperament (use 0 for none) for comparison (shown dotted) 22 def /temperlabels % choose whether to label temperament lines by number (true/false) true def /doverts % choose whether to include vertical lines for cut & folds (true/false) false def
last updated 2000 Feb 6
David Canright -- DCanright@NPS.edu