The windchimes scale

This uses the scale of the Woodstock windchimes of "Olympos" mentioned in Canright's Superparticular Pentatonics .

Next version of FTS has option to generate complete lists of superparticular scales by Canright's algorithm = scales in which the one step intervals are (n+1)/n, e.g. 5/4, 9/8 etc.

The just intonation diatonic and pentatonic scales are superparticular.

diatonic: 1 9/8 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 15/8 2 steps 9/8 10/9 16/15 9/8 10/9 9/8 16/15

pentatonic: 1 9/8 5/4 3/2 5/3 2 steps 9/8 10/9 6/5 10/9 6/5

The Woodstock woodchimes from "Olympos" scale is 1 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 2 steps 5/4 16/15 9/8 10/9 6/5

Instruments: marimba, ocarina, acoustic guitar and pizzicato strings .

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