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@@ -446,12 +446,12 @@ <p> The musical circle of fifths, derived from repeatedly stacking the 3:2 proportion, can be studied in more detail in this program's - <u id="pythagorean">Pythagorean</u> scale mode. Similar notes can be - found by color and compared. One can easily hear how stacked fifths - overshoot the octave by finding two far-apart red notes and playing - both at once, which makes them beat against each other. This interval - is the "syntonic comma" which is averaged out in various keyboard - tuning systems. + <u id="pythagorean">Pythagorean</u> scale mode, where each ratio is a + power of 2 or 3. Similar notes can be found by color and compared. One + can easily hear how stacked fifths overshoot the octave by finding two + far-apart red notes and playing both at once, which makes them beat + against each other. This interval is the "syntonic comma" which is + averaged out in various keyboard tuning systems. </p> <p> |