new introductory temperament

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

Ron,

Thanks for sharing.  I'm looking forward to listening to it.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ron Koval <drwoodwind@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: new introductory temperament


> 
> Introducing the birth of the Equal Beating Koval "mini" (EBKM) temperament.  
> I created this for those people wondering what is a good "starting" 
> temperament.  I had been suggesting the Moore, but decided to take the time 
> to create something especially for the 'first time'.
> 
> With that in mind, I decided to keep the maximum offset from ET at 1.5 
> cents, and keep any fifths from being too noisy. This leads to a mild 
> well-temperament with the major thirds ranging from 11.6 cents from pure to 
> 15.5 cents from pure.  I then "tweaked" the numbers to create the maximum 
> equal beating effects.  Variety of color, created to fly "under the radar" 
> and be used as an ET substitute on a regular basis.
> 
> offsets from equal temperament:
> 
> C    1.5
> C#  -.2
> D    .5
> D#   .9
> E   -.6
> F   1.4
> F#  -.8
> G   1
> G#  .4
> A   0
> A#  1
> B  -.3
> 
> Realize, of course, with offsets this small, you've got to get pretty close 
> (like ET) to get the proper effect.
> 
> This is "freeware", use and distribute as you wish.
> 
> Ron Koval
> Chicagoland
> 
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