Ron, Of course some pianists are going to like HT. I have talked with one great jazz pianist and he hated HT, absolutely hated it. I don't believe for second that the majority would ever take HT over ET on a regular basis. Question: Do other instruments have to be set up for HT? What is the tuning on a saxophone for instance? Is tuned to some sort of a ET? Obviously pitch can be altered as playing somewhat...how much? *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/19/01 at 7:18 PM Ron Koval wrote: >In response to those that have talked about playing music that is not in >the >"right" keys for alternate temperaments, I'd like to share a little story. > >I work at a performing arts high school, where I freely experiment on the >faculty. A few years ago, a new faculty member came that is a jazz >pianist. > This coincided with my interest in tuning alternate temperaments, so I >set >on his piano many different HTs. At that time I used the mind-set of >making >the thirds at the top of the circle of fifths sound BETTER than those at >the >bottom. > >An ****AHAAAA**** moment with this faculty member forced me to rethink my >'tuner's' mindset. I had recently retuned his piano and he showed up at >lunch and said, "wow, what did you do to my piano? I played this chord >and >just had to let it ring, it sounded so great!" > >Being in the tuner's mindset, I thought to myself, "He must have liked the >C,G, or F chord, with the real smooth thirds." Imagine my surprise when >he >said it was a Db arpeggio from the middle to the top; over a B, F#, and an >A >in the bass. > >*******AHAAAAAAA******** What an alternate temperament gives a composer >or >a pianist is like a painter's pallette; more tone color to play with. >Blue >isn't better or worse than red, it's just different. Likewise, C isn't >better than F#, it's just different. In the hands of an accomplished >composer, or performer, alternate temperaments enhance the pallette of >sound >available through modulation. > >something to chew on this weekend! > >Ron Koval > >Chicagoland > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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