Another Recital in 1/7 Comma Meantone

[Richard Brekne]

He SHOULDA been doing one this summer but he let himself get all bent out of shape
over basically nothing more then petty BS that we all have to deal with from time
to time. A shame really because very many were looking forward to looking closer at
what he has to say.

Sorry Bill, but I still think you made a bad move there.

Wallace Scherer wrote:

> Bill Bremmer,
>
> When will you be doing a technical workshop at a PTG national or regional
> convention about this temperament?
>
> Wally Scherer
>
> Send e-mail to: WallyTS@iname.com or
> p003520b@pb.seflin.org
> Web page: <http://www.geocities.com/vienna/2411>
>
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> >  Las Vegas, NV       PS: Do you tune this way by ear?
> >   >>
> >
> > This is what virtually everybody thinks and says,  "I could never do that
> > because...(insert any of the many irrational fears or reasons) so I just tune
> > Equal Temperament (ET)". What I am saying is that this notion is without
> > foundation.  Many who tune by ear in fact do not really tune ET but don't
> > realize it.  Those who depend entirely on an ETD also have no way of knowing
> > how accurate the results are or whether those results are really ET either.
> >
> > I've heard plenty of pianos tuned for professional, public performances that
> > were in a backwards version of an HT, Reverse Well.  If an artist and the
> > orchestra can accept Reverse Well, they can accept an HT or a modern HT type
> > temperament.  Something tells me that the name itself, 1/7 Comma Meantone,
> > scares you without you having any idea what it actually sounds like.  I'll
> > bet that if you actually heard a piano tuned this way played by a
> > professional and no one informed you, you would never recognize the
>  > difference.  Most people don't.
> >
> > The 1/7 Comma Meantone is difficult to tune accurately by ear.  Several years
> > ago, I figured out a way to use the SAT to produce it by preprogramming a
> > specific sequence of "Correction Figures".  I tune the octaves by Direct
> > Interval programming.  Once I have the program stored, I use it over and over
> > again.  There is also a set of FAC Correction Figures for 1/7 Comma Meantone
> > but I never use that approach.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill Bremmer RPT
> > Madison, Wisconsin
> >

--
Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway