Where did the =93c=94 in bicade come from? If you want to be scientifically (?) correct, it should be binade and not b= icade. binary =97> binade or octave octal =97> octade decimal =97> decade The notes are sub-intervals. Just my two cents from a music illiterate. Jean-Paul AC9GH On Aug 19, 2014, at 3:28 AM, David C Brown wrote: > The division of a bicade - as I shall now call it - into twelve intervals > grouped into seven notes of two different sizes is the method favoured by > European musicians of the last three centuries. It is not the only > system, and, indeed, many other systems are/were used by other cultures a= nd > at other times. > So, apart from being illogical, the word octave is very politically > incorrect favouring, as it does, the world's dominant culture. Hence my > use of the word bicade which, like decade, is a scientifically derived wo= rd. >=20 >=20 >=20 > __________________________________________ > David C Brown > 43 Bings Road > Whaley Bridge > High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 > Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com > SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb > > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .