Stretch Vs.Temperament, (was Beat Rates)

[Richard Brekne]

Ok, then we have perhaps a little problem here....perhaps
just one of communication... but if you maintain a steady
beat rate of fourths over the entire range of the piano then
other then some odd things are going to go on with the beat
rates of some of the other intervals. Fourths are subject to
the same kind of contiguous rule that thirds are if I am not
mistaken.

So perhaps you dont mean the "same beat rate" when you say
"slow lazy roll" ?? Is this roll lazy roll relative to beat
rates of other intervals for different ranges of the piano
??

RicB

David Andersen wrote:
> 
> >David... just so I have this clear.... are you saying that
> >all the fourths over the whole range of the piano should
> >have a nearly identical beat rate ?, if not could you
> >explain this a in a bit more detail for me ?
> 
> Exactly correct......the challenge is hearing them in the extreme ends of
> the instrument.
> 
> "if the fourths be perfect, Heaven opens up......)
> 
> NOT perfect in the sense of beatles, but in the sense of slow, lazy,
> sensuous rolling.....
> 
> With this method, octaves are precisely stretched; all the tests you can
> think to apply are met; the piano sings.
> 
> Good luck.  Is it beautiful in Norway now?
> 
> David Andersen
> Malibu, CA