In a message dated 3/9/2009 5:51:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, formsma at gmail.com writes: So, there can be a sense of "beatlessness" -- albeit a very limited sense from the perspective of the piano tuner who has to make the choices in tuning to achieve this sense of beatlessness. And if it is possible to achieve a perceived "beatlessness" from a musician's point of view, we should all want that. This is wonderfully ineffable, John. It is, as well, altogether charming to hear and accept the blend of audible (beating) coincident partials in an interval. True "beatlessness" (or a "beatless octave") is physically impossible, and as such, is a potentially misleading (and possible empty except for the undefinable "sense" of which you speak) phrase. Paul **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219671244x1201345076/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090309/f201bf0e/attachment.html>
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