[pianotech] Perfect Fifths and mosquitoes

[Ryan Sowers]

Did you learn that from the "Niles" Bryant course??[?]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:

>  Isn't that that new "West Nile" tuning?
>
> JB
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Amadeus Piano [amadeuspiano at comcast.net]
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:04 PM
>
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Perfect Fifths and mosquitoes
>
>   What a great idea!
>
> I’m thinking of adding a step to my tuning procedure and carrying a couple
> of jars of mosquitoes with me to check my fifths.
>
> One jar for a female and another full of males… (since I’ll have to keep
> flattening the males to get the interval just right).
>
> Gary
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *paul bruesch
> *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2009 11:54 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Perfect Fifths and mosquitoes
>
>
>
> So... if you flatten the higher-pitched male, you'd narrow the fifth,
> right? And obviously it would follow that flattening the lower-pitched
> female, you'd expand it.
> AnOnAnOn
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> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I still love to smash them.
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> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Amadeus Piano <amadeuspiano at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> I heard this on the radio a while back and thought you all might find it
> interesting.
>
> If the male mosquito can’t modulate the frequency of his beating wings to
> what’s close to a perfect fifth combined with the female’s, he’s out of
> luck.
>
> Pretty neat stuff.
>
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99133147
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> (click on the “Listen Now” link to hear the program)
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>
> And I saw this documentary the other day on Netflix on demand, but it will
> be playing tonight on PBS:
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>
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> The Music Instinct / Science and Song<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/>
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>
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> Very interesting.  Well worth watching.  Goes into music and evolution, the
> physics of sound, and music and the brain, etc.
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>
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> Enjoy, Gary
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> --
> Ryan Sowers, RPT
> Puget Sound Chapter
> Olympia, WA
> www.pianova.net
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>
>



-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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