The Tuning of Lou Harrison's Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen

from the Mode CD Por Gitaro: Suites for Tuned Guitars performed by John Schneider

Notes by Bill Alves

Lou Harrison's Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen is a work originally for harp and percussion. This tuning is a standard diatonic just scale in A minor. (For the definition of cents and explanation of the following lattice diagram, see the note for the tuning of the Serenade and for more mathematical details, go here.).

PitchABCDEFG
Ratio from 1/11/19/86/54/33/28/59/5
Cents from 1/10203.9315.6498702813.71017.6
Frequency440495528586.7660704792
Ratio between pitches9/816/1510/99/816/159/8
Cents between pitches203.9111.7182.4203.9111.7203.9

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