In a message dated 7/1/98 10:46:40 AM Central Daylight Time, musselj@cadvision.com writes: << You forgot composers, Bill. Have you ever heard "All The Things You Are" in an HT? ET freed modern popular composers to write what they want without worrying about wolves (except perhaps at the door). If I write a song in C and modulate to C# what will happen to my chord voicing with an HT? Why would I even bother with an HT? John >> Ironically, one of my young customers, a pretty young woman, sat down to play her piano yesterday after I had tuned it in my usual Equal-Beating Victorian and out came the silky strains of "Body and Soul", one of the many tunes that have been deemed "impossible" to play in an HT on this List. She plays a grand piano from a local dealer tuned in an HT every night in a local Restaurant. She typically plays Jazz Standards with complex harmonies and frequent modulations. The HT tunings appeal much more to her than the attempts at ET provided by others in the area. If you do as you say, John, you will hear a distinct harmony change and a reason for modulating rather than simply moving up a half step. Yes, I have heard "All the Things You Are" in various HT's and it sounds like it should to me. It certainly does not require ET to be performed. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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