Just Intervals?

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello Suzan,

I guess that thirds (strings) have to be played differently depending of the
musical context and how the interval is used. It is very understandable and
is a matter of taste I believe.

Is it so important to play the thirds in a way or another, if the final
result is good understanding of the music by the audience ?

I imagine that the way fifths are played is much more questionable, as they
include a strong notion of tonality.

I do not have examples in mind, but I believe that I will not be disturbed
by very fast thirds, or even no beating thirds, in the context of string
instruments.
It please me less on the piano may be for the reason above, may be because I
hear better the musician intention if he seats in the overall structure of
the standard tuning.

Where I will like to hear HT is on historical instruments, harpsichords,
organs, etc.

My brother Raphael OLEG is a violinist , I will ask him about that.

The best.

Isaac OLEG






> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de Susan Kline
> Envoye : vendredi 10 mai 2002 16:53
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: Just Intervals?
>
>
> At 10:41 AM 5/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >After taking initial umbrage at whether a cellist could tune a third, I
> >realized I should clarify that the incident involved a first
> inversion chord!
>
> I took umbrage, as well. I made up a snippy comment about it, but thought
> better of it.
>
> I'm not at all sure that string players _ever_ played true "just" thirds,
> the ones which are many cents different than tempered. It just would make
> all the other notes and intervals so difficult to get right, and everyone
> has always agreed (IMHO) that fourths, fifths, and octaves should
> be "true".
>
> Too much to do -- I still mean to respond to Bradley's post about
> semitones. For one thing, I want to find out what technology he used to
> analyze the violin recording, and how it got around the vibrato problem.
> Did it give answers as Hertz? If so, it would be very interesting to see
> the raw data, if the Hertz readings are still available.
>
> Susan
>
>