HT Experience

[Richard Brekne]

Bill da.. grin... all I meant was that its was like important to look before you
leap. Heck you yourself suggest I do my homework before jumping out there wildly
banishing my tuning hammer. Besides....sometimes I think its important to find
ways of being in agreement with people. Or at least accent things we can be in
aggreement on..

Grin... not always tho mind you..

Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 10/20/00 6:21:24 PM Central Daylight Time, it is written:
>
> << I would agree with that. A healthy portion of prudence is almost always in
>  order. :)
>
>  David Ilvedson wrote:
>
>  > I'm all for exploration and will explore HT but lets not get too far ahead
>  > of ourselves.
>  >
>  > David I. >>
>
> Ah Baloney!  I'm 15 years ahead of the rest of you guys and I'll never turn
> back.  I never followed anyone's advice, I always did the opposite, just to
> see what would happen.  I say, find a big stick and rattle their cages with
> it!  What DI says is what they all say and I've heard it a million times.
> Nobody ever remembers or talks about a concert where the pianos was as it was
> *expected* to be.  You gotta get people up in arms and going up to the piano,
> banging on it, holding their ears, shaking their heads, grimacing and walking
> out steaming!  Now you're gettin' somewhere!
>
> Richard, try reading section 72.  Read all of the background material and
> anecdotes you can.  Thomas Young #1 is what is recommended by Owen for a
> first time presentation where Classical music will be played.  What Roger
> experienced has been happened many times over.  Try to be the first one where
> somebody does *not* *bang* on the F#, B and Db 3rds and proclaim that *this*
> is the reason that we *must* always return to ET.
>
> You do some studying and you tell me and the List why this is not a valid way
> to listen to the temperament and also why it is not a matter of concern.
> Show us why the possibility that someone may come along and play "Body &
> Soul" and it would sound just *terrible* is not a reason for dissmissing this
> temperament and HT's in general.  Show us that the way you actually play
> something like Body & Soul in this kind of temperament makes a difference.
> Show us how that song or anything else can be objectionable in ET if the
> wrong emphasis is given.  Show us that the "one size does fits all" idea
> behind ET can easily work with many different temperaments.
>
> Bill Bremmer RPT
> Madison, Wisconsin

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway