[sdiy] Quantizer scales

[Donald Tillman]

On Nov 28, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Tim Ressel wrote:

> I just added a quantize feature to a product. It has 3 or 4 possible choices for scale (red-green LED), and I was wondering what the choices should be. I am not what anyone would call a musician. This kind of thing is a bit beyond me.
> 
> If its three choices then I'm thinking semitones, major and minor scale. Does that sound right? What would be the forth choice? Diminished? Does it need a forth choice?


Heh-heh... Just to open your horizons up a little bit, I'll recommend this book:

  Nicolas Slonimsky, Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082561449X

(Do check out the reviews.)

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don at till.com
http://www.till.com