question for aural tuners

[Allen Wright]

John,

But isn't the sound of an octave (or double octave, or whatever)  
created largely by "the coincidences"? When I use tests like the m3- 
M6, it's in combination with listening to the quality of that octave,  
and to get a fix on what size seems to work best in that particular  
piano; ie. for musical reasons. There's certainly nothing hard to  
hear about that test - or listening to beats at the 10-5 level for  
that matter (especially in medium to smaller pianos). To me, those  
seem like very direct ways of getting at the "musicality" of an  
octave. And if the octaves are consistent all the way down, chances  
are the other intervals will sound good, too. I mean, there's always  
some noise in the bass - it's a matter of choosing which noise you  
prefer.

Sincerely,

Allen Wright


On Jul 19, 2008, at 3:08 AM, John Formsma wrote:

> Perhaps if we spent a little bit more time listening to the overall  
> sound rather than picking apart coincidences, we would probably  
> spend less time testing.  After all, the goal is musicality, not  
> how many ways we can prove the width of a particular octave.  I'm  
> speaking to my own self as well as anyone else, mind you.






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