Sweet Sound Tuning

[David W. Pitsch]

Actually Susan, each time you get an octave higher, any descreptencies are
magnified @2X per octave.  If a tuner can get smooth fourths and fifths all the
way to the top treble, in my book, he is a real expert tuner.

Vince Mrykalo wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Susan Kline
> >P.O. Box 1651
> >Philomath, OR 97370
> >skline@proaxis.com
> >
> >"Getting there is only half as far as getting there and back."
> >                       -- Ashleigh Brilliant
> >
> Vince Mrykalo RPT
> vince@byu.edu
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