>> What is the full definition of ET? > >That would be one which takes into consideration all >intervals... > as opposed to say just a nice even progression >of M3rds. Please be specific and list the intervals you refer to. > Ideally I suppose you could say that a Perfect >perfect ET would be on that could only be accomplished on a >piano with perfectly even inharmonicities.... or what ? I guess it depends on how you perceive or define perfection. A vast majority of the time, my temperaments pass every test I've been exposed to: -contiguous thirds -slowly rolling very simlarly beating sharped fourths -VERY slowly rolling, sometimes almost but never quite perfect flatted fifths -progressively faster thirds and sixths w/ complete evenness of beat rate acceleration -matching thirds and sixths (i.e., F-D beats the same as G-B, F#-D# beats the same as G#-C, and so on) -progressively faster minor thirds(hardly ever use this) > >> >> >it is not in my experience that the variations / errors in >> >temperament represent the most significant differences in >> >the tuning styles of accomplished tuners. >> >> Why would an accomplished aural tuner settle for an inconsistency large >> enough to be called an error in his/her temperament? > >Outside of the fact that everyone does all the time to some >degree or another...whether they know it or not, admit it or >not.... grin... I cant think of any particularilly good >reason. I think most of us realize we continually fall short of perfection in tuning. The game, and the passion, for me, is to get closer and closer on a consistent basis. To blow myself away with the evenness and beauty and singing nature of my own tunings. Following the fourths has allowed me to take a huge step toward getting closer; it allows me to be incredibly precise and incredibly musical. It has shown me the beauty of patience---of waiting 'till all the garbage clears away and you can hear the true beat. I listen to the piano as a musician who's also a recording engineer or producer would: the whole tone, its resonance, its musical, harmonious, "right" relationship to the other notes. Following the fourths allows me to do this even better, and serve my clients in a way that inspires them. This is fun......Thanks, RicB
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