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minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year ago…96? How is 96 a point of reference when you are making a scale from scratch?
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoI think it’s because 96 is divisible by 3.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago96 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year ago100 is divisible by 5, so what’s your point?
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoEasier to subdivide a physically measured scale when the reverence is divisible by multiple values to choose from…
…96? How is 96 a point of reference when you are making a scale from scratch?
I think it’s because 96 is divisible by 3.
96 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8
100 is divisible by 5, so what’s your point?
Easier to subdivide a physically measured scale when the reverence is divisible by multiple values to choose from…