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otabdeveloper4 • today at 5:52 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

The 12 tone scale is a natural property of the world that has been independently discovered by many different cultures across the world.

The microtonalities or strange scales (like gamelan) are evolutions of the natural octave/fifths grid.

Every synthesizer has a "detune" knob.

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defrost • today at 5:58 AM

> microtonalities or strange scales (like gamelan) are evolutions of the natural octave/fifths grid.

What is your source for this opinion?

  Gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and thus represents an indigenous art form of Indonesia
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan

How do you know anything that comes prior to recorded history?