Talk:Bohlen-Pierce scale

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[edit] BP temperament

As I understand it, "Bohlen-Pierce temperament" does not refer to tempered versions of just Bohlen-Pierce tritave-based scales. Rather, it is the name given to an octave-based temperament whose connection to 13-equal BP is that both temper out the same commas. Therefore discussions of 13-equal BP, or other temperaments of just BP, don't belong under that heading.

I find the BP Temperament section rather too terse and difficult to follow, and in particular the casual reader might not realize it's not talking about temperament of just BP. It could use work, by someone more qualified to improve it than I am. -- Rsholmes 03:06, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

On thinking it over some more I decided maybe I could improve that section somewhat, and I've attempted to do so. -- Rsholmes 03:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Math won't work out

I think that some of the discussion on this page is outright wrong. If you divide the tritave (3:1) into 13 equal parts, I don't see how you get the numbers listed here. What's going on here? Cazort (talk) 01:51, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Just Intonation vs. Equal Temperment? --86.138.29.160 (talk) 13:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleaning up...

Took out the "doesn't cite references or sources", as the external links are just fine. In the "alternative tuning" world, BP is a pretty "mainstream" thing. More references and sources should be included, of course. Frank Zamjatin (talk) 13:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)