> Greetings, > I have customers that recognize a Kirnberger, and > several harpsichordists knew when I had changed to a Young for a performance, after they had been practising with a Prelleur. Are you saying they can recognize a Kirnberger tuning simply by listening to a piece being played? Or if three instruments are tuned to Kirnberger, Young and Prelleur, they could point out which instrument is tuned to which temp? ---ric > On the other hand, if a person is not sensitive to the differences, even > after several listenings, then I assume it must be an innate trait, like > color-blindness, and there is nothing of interest for that person in the > topic of temperament. > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT Yes it would be interesting to see how many are sensitive to the differences. I am not. (perhaps not yet) I can be playing away and forget I am in Pythagorean, and then comes a jaring tone. Or play what little Bach I know in the "close keys" and forget I am in Meantone. When it comes to listening to recordings I am a dismal failure. I have a tape which one side has two diff temps and the other side only ET. When I put it in not knowing which side is up, I can't tell. Of course I am not going to say "because I can't tell the difference no one else can" but for people like me who are curious, certainly it should be easy to assertain who does and who does not have this ability. More importantly, can this ability be developed, or through training can a person acquire this ability? We know pitch recognition seems to be innate, as compared to the ablility to recognize intervals which must be acquired through training. Perhaps an evaluation procedure might provide some answers and stimulate new and wider interest in the topic of temperament. ---Richard The Tester
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