Just a bit of new news today. One of the students who's had a chance to work with the two grands in one of our professors rooms gave me some feedback today. She is aware now of what the basic difference is, tho she does not understand much about the theory behind why Well temps are constructed as they are. Her basic reaction so far is that she likes both tunings, and recognizes some of the differences in how they sound. When asked if she thought she could exploit any of the tonal characteristics of the Well temperement, she was unsure. She did say she figured it was workable, but probably not for 20th century music... (read whole tone, or atonal music), tho she expressed a bit of reservation even there. All in all, so far she seems mildly interested... but not overly so. I encouraged her to continue to experiment with the instrument, and to hold her observations to herself, for the time being. Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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