temperament

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Mr. Moody wrote:

"If temperament is so important to the music why can't it be recognized
without resorting to electronic devices?"

Mr. Leifsson writes:

Oh come on Ric, even if your brain is a better computer than a tuning 
device, a tuning device can do a better job at recognizing a series of 
tones played from somewhere and put them together into a whole picture.
Heck, Mr. Paderewsky would have to play the "Temperament Boogie" for you if 
you were to have the slightest picture of a temperament.

Mr. Moody wrote:


"Or, if no one can tell by
listening, what difference does it make what temp is used?"

Mr. Leifsson writes:

We can tell the difference, but I doubt anyone that doesn´t KNOW the 
difference can put together a picture of the tuning except for the notion 
of "some fast tenths, slow thirds" etc. etc.
Ziz iz ol obot ze Zubconziusnez und wir können nicht juzt Unizonz tunen, 
können wir?

Mr. Moody wrote:

  "ric "I am NOT a
skeptic" "

Mr Leifsson writes:

Kristinn,
"I doubt that´s true" :)


At 00:57 15.11.2000 -0600, you wrote:



> > Hi All,
> >
> > My client is in possession of a CD recording performed Ignacy Jan
> > Paderewski with Mr Joubert's tuning.
> >
> > Has anyone tried any of our new fangled electronic tuning devices to try
>to
> > "extract" the temperament from a recording?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> >
>
>