Jazz tuning style? ET, of course

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Vince:

I like the positive mode of representing HT's, at least the Well Tempered
variety. I would say some keys are more in-tune and others are less in-tune.
I suppose this is somewhat comparable to the glass that is half empty 
compared to the glass that is half full. I think what people like most 
about some of the milder Wells is the more in-tuneness of the favored keys.
Yeah, I know, the real buffs also like the character of the less in-tune
more distant key tonalities.

Jim Coleman, sr.

On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Vince Mrykalo wrote:

> 
> "Key color" is a straw dog.  More out of tune and less out of tune comes
> closer
> to describing "key color".  
> 
> At 12:27 PM 4/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >As a amateur jazz pianist, personally, I'm much more concerned with the
> >color I impart with chord voicings than I am with the "key color" of any
> >particular tuning scheme. . . .
> 
> >With the sophisticated harmony of jazz, all kinds of colors are available
> >within a key signature. . . .
> 
> >        So a what constitues a good tuning for me in order of importance are
> >solid unisons, clean octaves and at the risk of being flamed off my piano
> >stool a well executed ET.
> >
> >David Severance
> >Dept of Music and Theater Arts
> >Washington State University
> >Pullman, WA 99164
> > 
> Vince
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