Meantone, my personal adventure

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Jon:

George Defebaugh and Norm Neblett coined the phrase: "The pianist's 
Vibrato". They were referring to the beating of tempered M3rds as heard
in equal temperament. They were the first of the Team Teachers. Later
George and I teamed up and did our shop for about 10 or 12 years.

Jim Coleman, sr.

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Jon Page wrote:

> At 08:24 PM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
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> >  This is an example of using the Wolf as a musical force when it is usually
> >considered unusable, musically.  The 1/7 Comma Meantone is often used as a
> >substitute for a Well-Temperament because the very slight Wolf it has
> actually
> >becomes a very powerful musical force.  It is especially effective in
> Romantic
> >literature such as Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Debussy, etc. where
> >they wrote their most powerfully emotional passages in the key of Ab.
> >Bill Bremmer RPT
> 
> Is the 'wolf' the reason for a term I heard along time ago, I don't remember
> which musician or composer said it but something was referred to as the
> "pianists' vibrato".
> 
> 
> 
> Jon Page
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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