the temperament thing

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:17:45 +0100



"Howard S. Rosen" wrote:

>  Ed Foote said:
>
> "If all keys sound the same, is there any reason to use more than one of
> them?"
>

Towit Howard replied:

> Absolutely!!  You are under the impression that the purpose of a modulation
> is only to hear a color change. Wrong! The beauty of a modulation is the
> *trip* not the *destination*.

Why Howard !!?--- this was almost poetic. And I like the point you make. Tho I
would tend to not be quite so absolute about it,,, I get the feeling from some
of the very interesting HT posts recently that this exact point is perhaps too
often forgotten.


--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no




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