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…96? How is 96 a point of reference when you are making a scale from scratch?

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I think it’s because 96 is divisible by 3.

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96 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8

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ah 7 and 9 are missing because 7 ate 9 and is on the run from the law

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100 is divisible by 5, so what’s your point?

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Easier to subdivide a physically measured scale when the reverence is divisible by multiple values to choose from…

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