>The different way of listening is that you > don't consciously focus on individual partials. You listen to all the > partials blending together, and try to focus on the natural beat. I must admit this has always baffled me. Is it possible to do this any other way? The beats heard *are* natural, aren't they? How does one listen to a specific partial, excluding everything else? Is this a fundamental [sic] duh, or am I on the wrong planet - again. I still don't get it. Who's tuning by unnatural beats, and how can we stop them? > It would probably be helpful to read Virgil's book. I was fortunate to > have attended his class two different times. But I've not yet purchased > his book. I've read his journal article, and attended one class, and it's still a well - yea - and(?) thing. Somewhat short of helpful. Either it's a natural job for Obvious Man, or I'm hopelessly deluded (a possibility not remotely out of the question). Ron N
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