Terry, This is actually a response to your comments a few days ago regarding aural perception. I have often gotten in such a state after wrestling with a PSO that absolutely nothing sounded good. I'd take a break, think about something else for a few minutes, and then try to listen to the piano as though I was a casual observer. It sounded much better that way. Many years ago, while serving as a Navy musician, a bandmaster I had used the term "micronoidal", which he explained to mean having a super sensitivity to things heard. The upshot was that nothing sounded good. He also said that this was a transitory thing. I am convinced that the process of tuning and the process of musical listening involve different circuits in the brain. Just as does switching from right-handed to left-handed tuning seems to do. There is such a thing as psychologically based hearing effects. Such as perceiving high notes approached by leap from below as not being all the way up to pitch. Or, perceiving sounds in a certain frequency range as being preferrentially louder than they really are. Perhaps this phenomona of super-sensitivity is one of those. Don't let it bum you out!! Robin Blankenship
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