André, At 21:48 4/2/2004 +0200, you wrote: >On 2-apr-04, at 21:26, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: >>There is more "wiggle room" in equal temperament than in a temperament >>which uses pure intervals. > >Yes Conrad, I believe you blindly...... >But I noticed that in un-ET tunings, there were intervals, right from the >beginning, that made me softly whisper for imodium, if you sort of know >what I dare to mumble about in your company. I _do_ know what you mean... No scatological reference to be inferred, but unequal temperaments are an acquired taste. ;-} Your extensive concert work in ET has your ear extremely conditioned to hearing intervals sound in a certain consistent way. Any inconsistencies which the unequal temperaments naturally (and by definition) employ do not sound good to you and make you wish for a pharmacological remedy. Non-ET users revel in the inconsistencies which create a different character to each key. Have a great weekend, I'm oudda here... Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. ---Wm. Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice
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