in response to Ed's post: ET is ET, and those that want to ascribe different "characters" to the keys will have to explain why a piano tuned 1/2 step flat will make the key of C sound just like the key of B. I have heard musicians recognize the 'character" of B on such a piano, even when I was playing in C!! Because, I think even though you are "playing" in C, the beat rates tell the sensitive person that you are in fact "sounding" in B. I heard you use this explanation in Chicago, but couldn't figure out what was wrong with it 'till later. I think it is ALL about beats, even if people don't have the vocabulary or the training to know what they are experiencing. Not only the beats of the Major 3rd in a triad, but the beats of the minor third and the 5th, and the octave, if added. If you graph the beat rates between these three intervals in a triad, they are NOT parallel lines, so the ratios change from key to key. There are enough people that can hear key color in ET, that something's going on here. Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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