Hey, Ron K. Oops, I just read your post and see I've duplicated a lot of it. ....great minds run in the same ruts, eh? Ed S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: old and new temperaments > Jeff wrote: > Who are we to have the freedom to "pick a tuning" for what a composer was > intending? If we can't know what tuning the composer used, then where's the > educational value? It becomes merely a novelty. If we just pick the one we > like, that is no different than imposing ET on all of it, no? > Jeff > > Well, no.....because, any of the alternatives from the many choices have the > circle of fifths structure, but ET is built with a chromatic structure. We > may not know what exactly was tuned, (if there was indeed any exactitude > going on at all) but it's a pretty sure bet that it wasn't ET as we know it. > > This brings up another topic, the idea that ET is only ET if it is EXACTLY > equal. It is because of the chromatic nature of the structure. But, this > same rule doesn't apply to well temperaments.... there is more room for > error, because the variations between the thirds in the progression are > larger. With a one or two cent error, the graph will still present as a > bell-shape type curve, where once the straight line graph of ET gets any > bumps, it ceases to be ET. > > hmmmmmmm.... > > Ron Koval > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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