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1. waffle+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:25:09
They sum to 12
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2. fsckbo+pe[view] [source] 2026-02-04 00:47:21
>>waffle+(OP)
actually they multiply, 12th root of 2, to the 12th
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3. waffle+Me7[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-05 23:06:55
>>fsckbo+pe
12th root of 2, to the 12th = 2 :D The collection of 7 intervals I provided, 2 2 1 2 2 2 1, which are a differential representation of "(do) re mi fa so la ti do", sum to 12. Those intervals are linear within the log2 scale you identified as having a 12th root of 2 basis, or in other words, are the major diatonic (7 note) scale which are a subset of the 12-tone equal tempered scale. The laws of logarithms can help explain why these intervals are additive, whereas the semitone basis (12th root of 2) is multiplicative.
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