Demonstration: J. S. Bach's canon per tonus with the conventional Shepard scale
as suggested by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Die Scheller-Shepard-Tonleiter bietet gegenüber diesem Beispiel eine ungleich bessere Wiedergabe.
The Scheller-Shepard scale offers a much better solution than this unmodified example.

Acoustic illusions
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