Hi Jon: George Defebaugh and Norm Neblett coined the phrase: "The pianist's Vibrato". They were referring to the beating of tempered M3rds as heard in equal temperament. They were the first of the Team Teachers. Later George and I teamed up and did our shop for about 10 or 12 years. Jim Coleman, sr. On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Jon Page wrote: > At 08:24 PM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote: > > > This is an example of using the Wolf as a musical force when it is usually > >considered unusable, musically. The 1/7 Comma Meantone is often used as a > >substitute for a Well-Temperament because the very slight Wolf it has > actually > >becomes a very powerful musical force. It is especially effective in > Romantic > >literature such as Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Debussy, etc. where > >they wrote their most powerfully emotional passages in the key of Ab. > >Bill Bremmer RPT > > Is the 'wolf' the reason for a term I heard along time ago, I don't remember > which musician or composer said it but something was referred to as the > "pianists' vibrato". > > > > Jon Page > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >
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