Today’s creation is a realization of the 2nd Gavotte in Bach’s English Suite #3 BWV 808 on Prent’s Microtonal Slide Bosendorfers. There are two Gavotte’s in the suite. The first is in G minor, and the second in G major. The score indicates several repeats, including the request to repeat the first after the last repeat in the second. I’ve only completed the second Gavotte, in G major. The tuning is taken from the 31-limit tonality diamond. I used a G major scale derived from the 16 notes in the C otonality. The are a nearly perfect diatonic just scale, with the exception of the F#, which should be a 15:8 above the G tonic, but is actually 23:12, 38 cents sharp. And out of tune with the perfect 4:3 C. It has a perfect F tuned to 7:4, but alas that’s a note that Bach did not include.
Here is the complete scale:
| Degree | Name | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | 1:1 |
| 2 | A | 9:8 |
| 3 | B | 5:4 |
| 4 | C | 3:2 |
| 5 | D | 4:3 |
| 6 | E | 5:3 |
| 7 | F | 7:4 |
| G | F# | 23:12 |
| 1 | G | 2:1 |
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Gavotte #1
