On 10/06/12 00:52, Stewart Gordon wrote:
By using an integer type to store pitches in such a way that the semitone is the
basic unit.
Do you compose music that makes use of demisemitones, thirds of tones, and so
on?
Yes, I use quarter-tones. Other people use other intervals (e.g. in Turkish
music there are intervals of 1/9, 4/9, 5/9 and 8/9 of a tone; and let's not even
get into what Harry Partch and his compositional descendants have used). I'd
like to support all those options. A straightforward rational number seems the
easiest way to do so.
