Boston Grands - Reply to Newton Hunt's post

[Jerry Hunt]

Newton Hunt wrote:

> Hello, Jerry,
> 
> If the beat rate of the sixth and the thrid are the same then the fourth
> is pure.  (Example F3-D4 is 7 pbs, F3-A3 is 7bps then A3-D4 is a pure
> fourth and needs expanding.)  Normally we should expect a beat rate
> differential of between 1 and 1.5 beats per second.  Faster beats are
> more easily discernable than slow ones so it is possible to control
> fourth tempering by listening to the sixths and thirds.
> 
>         Newton
>         nhunt@jagat.com
> 
>         "Hunts of the world unite!" :o) :>)
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Newton,
Thanks, I see now what your point was re. using the M4 (or for those not
music theory-challenged, "P4"), as a further check of the M6/M3; i.e. in
your example, one would expect the F3-D4 sixth to be closer to 8 bps,
making the A3-D4 fourth approximately 1 bps (I think theoritically more
like .9 bps, but who's hearing is that sensitive???).

And regarding your post to Susan on the same subject, I never stopped to
think whether or not "M4" was the proper designation, but understood
_perfectly_ what you meant, thus communication was achieved. Oh well,
back to reading "Hooked on Diatonics"...

Thanks again, and to you, to Susan and to all, have a _Perfect_
Thanksgiving. (And to our friends from Canada, France, England,
any-place-I-left-out have a great day).

Regards,

Jerry Hunt