---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Conrad and list, Let me state here again that I spoke of an open mind and my love for=20 music with totally different scales, especially from Arab countries,=20 India and the far East. Furthermore I am trained in listening to so called 'modern music'=20 because my wife is a professional composer in contemporary music, in=20 which she sometimes uses quarter tones and electronics, and I also have=20= played, and all the time listen to, progressive jazz for a long time.=20 In other words : my mind and my ears are used to 'listening'. Furthermore, I have more than once spoken of my wish for tolerance in=20 general, so if anybody wishes to use new or unknown tunings and bring=20 his or her experience under our attention, I think it would be of great=20= value for all and a fine inspiration for our already so exciting=20 profession. I just gave my opinion about a tuning I heard in Bergen, Norway, of=20 which Richard Brekne told me that it was a BB tuning (I am very=20 convinced it was a BB tuning and not something else) I did not like it=20= and I had actually a more or less strong opinion, because it sounded=20 really chaotic and un-harmonious. Richard Brekne is a more than=20 outstanding tuner so my reaction was not due to sloppy work or=20 whatever. I actually think it is very interesting that the concept of tuning in=20 different scales is on the move and developing further, and of course=20 music is in the ear of the beholder, so to speak. It is necessary to move on, just as it is necessary to develop new=20 music. The half empty concert halls, when classical music is played, is=20= an alarming sign and although most of us love 'the classics' I=20 sometimes do get tired a bit of hearing Schubert for the umpteenth=20 time. Personally, I don't think I am ready to change my ET-mode because of a=20= very simple reason : I am now 55 and was trained to a probably=20 premature death in ET. I more than adore my VT, and I have been able to switch from daily=20 multi-tuning to an average of 1 tuning a day because regulation and=20 voicing work became prevalent. friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" On 2-apr-04, at 22:18, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > Andr=E9, > > 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=20 >>> temperament which uses pure intervals. >> >> Yes Conrad, I believe you blindly...... >> But I noticed that in un-ET tunings, there were intervals, right from=20= >> the beginning, that made me softly whisper for imodium, if you sort=20= >> 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=20= > an acquired taste. ;-} > > Your extensive concert work in ET has your ear extremely conditioned=20= > to hearing intervals sound in a certain consistent way. Any=20 > inconsistencies which the unequal temperaments naturally (and by=20 > definition) employ do not sound good to you and make you wish for a=20 > pharmacological remedy. > > Non-ET users revel in the inconsistencies which create a different=20 > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3904 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f7/6f/02/c9/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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