[CAUT] ET vs UET

[Laurence Libin]

Yes, in the sense of heightened response. Think of temperaments as aural 
pheremones. If your receptors are insensitive you won't get it, but good 
listeners will, even if they can't articulate the cause.
Laurence


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] ET vs UET


> But will they care?
> es
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laurence Libin" <lelibin at optonline.net>
> To: <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] ET vs UET
>
>
>> 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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