Hearing the difference-a related question

Steve Borgstrom orchman@attbi.com
Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:02:10 -0600


Gentlefolk,

I have been a public school orchestra director for 25 years and am now 
a fledgling piano tuner. In those 25 years, I have been trying to teach 
kids to play beatless major and minor triads, that is to say, to play 
in a Just Temperament, I think. [please take issue and fix anything in 
here that I'm screwing up in the telling, I'm just looking to learn.]

Now, of course, my cherubs honor beatless intervals more in their 
omission, than in their commission <grin>, but that brought another 
question to mind. How can a piano tuned in ET perform with a 
professional orchestra that is ostensibly trying to perform in Just 
Temperament? Or is this a non issue?

If this has been discussed before, please point me in the right 
direction. Thank you for your time!

Steve Borgstrom
Brooklyn Park, MN


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