Friends, This anecdote may be interesting to you and may even apply to the subject at hand. A year or two ago I took Roger Jolly's class on "Steam Voicing" during which he did a demonstration. He asked Gina Carter to tune two notes an octave apart as beatless as possible. When she had done that, he quickly steamed one of the hammers, then asked her to play them together again. This time there was a prominent beat we could all easily hear. So what really happened here? I don't remember the conversation following the demonstration, but I am assuming the steam rearranged the strength of the partials. Roger may wish to comment. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA
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