They Whiten (etc.)

[Keith McGavern]

>About Bill Bremmer's post: I'm surprised that nobody had commented yet
>(or maybe they have, and I just haven't noticed) on the obscuring of the
>beating of the 5th by the general harmony. This has been my observation,
>and I would like to read more discussion about how the beating of
>individual intervals stands out or is obscured by the multiplicity of
>intervals usually present at any given time in musical compositions.
>
>Bob Anderson
>Tucson, AZ

It was:
>...Also, musical context usually covers or disguises the sound of the tempered
>5th.  It is rare in music to have an exposed 5th.  Usually there are more
>notes being played which make it quite impossible to even discern that sound.
>Sometimes however, that sound does "leak" through and a skilled tuner will
>perceive it as a bad unison.  The general public however will usually not even
>be aware of it.
>
>Bill Bremmer RPT
>Madison, Wisconsin

Keith A. McGavern
kam544@ionet.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA