---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 4/2/04 6:16:44 PM, A440A@aol.com writes: > mild WT's stay "in tune" longer, and the customers of > mine that use them agree.=A0 These temperaments are already somewhat=20 > "organic", > as opposed to the scientific and rigid ET.=A0 >=20 "Organic?" In what manner could one possibly perceive one temperament as=20 more "organic" than another? You lost me here! Unless you're referring t= o=20 what's getting knee deep in this discussion! (heheheh...) Referring to ET as rigid and scientific suggests to me the following: When= =20 you tune ET there are a multitude of tests and reference notes you can use t= o=20 ascertain whether you have deviated from the ideal placement of each note. =20= =20 (Very scientific...) With non-ETs there are fewer ways to check your resul= ts.=20 If I'm wrong about this, correct me, but perhaps one of the reasons you=20 feel ET is rigid and scientific is the fact that you can double check every=20= note=20 up and down the keyboard and any note that is not rigidly where it ought to=20= be=20 sticks out in the checks. The more "organic" approach might be "sounds=20 good, must be good/ no way to check it, so...there it is". =20 My final check of my bass octaves, after having tuned them to my ear and=20 checking them with a 3/6 or 3/10 to ascertain that they are where they shoul= d be,=20 is to listen to descending M3rds, then M10ths, and finally m7ths. This oft= en=20 brings to my attention an anomaly, whereby I realize that I need to make an=20 adjustment. Of course, these descending parallel intervals only work in ET= . =20 How do you to check your bass octaves? =20 I'm sure that there must be ways to check not only your temperament, but you= r=20 octaves with various non-ETs, but if there are, would someone share them wit= h=20 me? Because, frankly I like the sound of a mild non-ET but without more=20 tools to check myself along the way, I wouldn't attempt it aurally. (I've=20= tried=20 various temperaments with my ETDs.) BTW, as far as the original question goes, I agree that ET tunings are more=20 likely to sound in tune longer than their non-ET counterparts. But that's=20 assuming that the pianist is playing in keys other than C and G all the time= .=20 Tom Sivak Chicago ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/53/b5/99/3f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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