No question is a stupid question. A question indicates curiosity and a
willingness to learn.
If you are doing an F3 to F4 temperament and starting from A you will need to
tune the three contiguous M3rds, but you cannot move A3 and you need to have a
fitted F-F octave. Hence the beat of F3 is prliminary, depending upon the beats
of A-C$ and C$-F. Mvving either of the Fs will effect A and C#.
Newton
YouthPage8@AOL.COM wrote:
> Well, after reading all the mail about 4ths and 5ths and 3rds and 6ths, I am
> compromising. I am now starting to use the Coleman A to A temperament in
> which you tune pivotal 3rds and then mostly 4ths and 5ths. I am having
> trouble with this F-A approx. 7bps thing. I know a lot of aural tuners start
> with this interval and I would be curious to know how you learned how to set
> this interval. This is probably an extremely stupid question: Why
> approximately? How do I know when to set it slightly slower than 7bps? Is
> there a solid check to make sure that I have tuned this first interval
> correctly?
>
> Jonathan Hoover
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