One honky-tonk sound I like is to detune the 2-string unisons about 25-35c, and other unisons at varying degrees (A-440 beating about 3bps for example), beat rates of unisons in top half-octave equaling fundamental frequencies of lowest few notes. I have a recording of a piano that was about 150c flat and several unisons were out. I'm curious: How far out do you guys like to put the unisons to get the honky-tonk sound? I like about 30c in the bass, 15c in the midrange and treble, with some notes out more than others, but none out more than 50c. --- A440A@AOL.COM wrote: > Wally writes: > >>But my idea was to tune one of the trichords DOWN > >>slightly. No one has taken me up on the offer yet, > so I haven't actually > done it.> > > Greetings, > As I understand it, there exist particular > relationships between > frequencies of impelling force and a resonant > period. > If the frequency of an applied force is higher > than the resonant period > of an object, the two will be out of phase with one > another. If the > frequency is lower than the resonant period, they > will be in phase, though > not necessarily in sync. I treated the altered > string of the unison as the > impelling force in regards to the two that were > tuned as mathematically close > to one another as possible. I was hoping to create > a slight cancelling > effect within the unison, the aim of which was to > produce a rather shrill, > percussive sound. I think it worked, but perhaps > will try the opposite, as > Wally suggested, next time. Why not, "Out of tune" > is out of tune, no? > Which is why I tuned the tonk slightly sharp. > Regards, > Ed Foote __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
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