Bill da.. grin... all I meant was that its was like important to look before you leap. Heck you yourself suggest I do my homework before jumping out there wildly banishing my tuning hammer. Besides....sometimes I think its important to find ways of being in agreement with people. Or at least accent things we can be in aggreement on.. Grin... not always tho mind you.. Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 10/20/00 6:21:24 PM Central Daylight Time, it is written: > > << I would agree with that. A healthy portion of prudence is almost always in > order. :) > > David Ilvedson wrote: > > > I'm all for exploration and will explore HT but lets not get too far ahead > > of ourselves. > > > > David I. >> > > Ah Baloney! I'm 15 years ahead of the rest of you guys and I'll never turn > back. I never followed anyone's advice, I always did the opposite, just to > see what would happen. I say, find a big stick and rattle their cages with > it! What DI says is what they all say and I've heard it a million times. > Nobody ever remembers or talks about a concert where the pianos was as it was > *expected* to be. You gotta get people up in arms and going up to the piano, > banging on it, holding their ears, shaking their heads, grimacing and walking > out steaming! Now you're gettin' somewhere! > > Richard, try reading section 72. Read all of the background material and > anecdotes you can. Thomas Young #1 is what is recommended by Owen for a > first time presentation where Classical music will be played. What Roger > experienced has been happened many times over. Try to be the first one where > somebody does *not* *bang* on the F#, B and Db 3rds and proclaim that *this* > is the reason that we *must* always return to ET. > > You do some studying and you tell me and the List why this is not a valid way > to listen to the temperament and also why it is not a matter of concern. > Show us why the possibility that someone may come along and play "Body & > Soul" and it would sound just *terrible* is not a reason for dissmissing this > temperament and HT's in general. Show us that the way you actually play > something like Body & Soul in this kind of temperament makes a difference. > Show us how that song or anything else can be objectionable in ET if the > wrong emphasis is given. Show us that the "one size does fits all" idea > behind ET can easily work with many different temperaments. > > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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