Remember that we don't have to be conscious of a stimulus to be affected by it. What we hear isn't the same as what registers subliminally. Average listeners can respond differently to a piece played in different temperaments (or at different pitches) without being aware of what causes their reactions. Laurence It is also very useful to step back and wonder what differences do actually register > with the listener - the average listener, the acute listener, the one- > of-a-kind listener. . . . How many people (if any) will hear this > particular subtlety I am trying to introduce? Can I even hear it myself, > if I am dispassionate about it? This is the sort of question I ask of my > own work, and I think it is a very useful thing to do. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > fssturm at unm.edu > http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm >
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