<What a relief! I thought I was imagining things since certain frequent > proponents of HT announced there was no color to ET. I have perfect pitch >(a not particularly strong form) and I here different colors for each key >in ET. >Andrew Remillard>> Greetings, I hear this statement a lot. Invariably from "perfect pitch" people that have never sat down at an equally tuned piano that is exactly1/2 step flat. However, I have had fresh stringing jobs in the shop that I chipped and pitched 1/2 step flat, and invite those that ascribe colors to ET to come and listen. It never fails that as I play in the key of C, they hear the "color" of B. When I get into G, they always tell me that they recognize the colors in the key of F# when they hear it!! If there are different "colors" ascribed to keys in ET, it is a pitch dependant, learned response. It is not due to the tempering. Regards, Ed Foote
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