Sweet Sound Tuning

Vince Mrykalo vince@byu.edu
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:34:32 -0600


I rely heavily on parallel twelfths (oct + 5th) for octaves above the
temperament, and parallel tenths below.  

At 01:11 PM 6/26/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>>
>>>It seems to me that if octaves, fourths and fifths are all sweet and even,
>>>any very minor alterations in the temperament in the high treble will be
>>>unimportant; in fact, totally indistinguishable without a machine.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Susan

>>
>>That's a pretty good description of what I do. Add double octave checks to
>>the bottom, and the top
>>
>>


>
>Ron, it's very reassuring to hear that you do nearly the same thing I do
>when tuning octaves. Does anyone else here do it the same way?
>
>Regards,
>
>Susan
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>Susan Kline
>P.O. Box 1651
>Philomath, OR 97370
>skline@proaxis.com
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>"Getting there is only half as far as getting there and back."
>			-- Ashleigh Brilliant
>
Vince Mrykalo RPT
vince@byu.edu
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