The Simfile Quality Debate

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But it doesn't change the fact that an octave is going to be inherently more consonant than a minor second. This is fact and it is objective. You can build guidelines on top of that that get more and more subjective as they get more and more advanced and specific, which deals with a issue of preference, but it doesn't change the basic principles. In this case, the example of an octave being more consonant than a minor second.