Help with "bad" tuning...need help

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:57:15


Hi Richard,

A "quarter tone" is perceived as "not much" compared to "fifty cents". I'd
rather leave the client with the (correct imho) impression that 50 cents is
a large pitch correction.

At 08:47 AM 16/12/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>I kind of like << a quarter tone >> myself.  Has a nice ring to it.  I 
>think it was Terry who first coined the term, and its easy, catchy, and 
>quite precise... has a good chance of becoming a big hit me thinks. 
>
>That said.. I'm still having a bit of trouble figureing out whether 
>"over"  a quarter tone flat means <<less then>> or <<more than>> :)
>
>anun
>
>Don wrote:
>
>>Hi James,
>>
>>Why not just use cents? It would be simpler.
>>
>>At 04:07 PM 15/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>OK, what if we say 50% down to the next adjacent note.
>>>James Grebe
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>  
>>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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