Has anyone ever heard of a "Jazz" tuning?

[Stéphane Collin]

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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a "Jazz" tuning?Hi Jason

Very interesting article about Jarrett.  Thanks for the link.  But I did =
understand Jarrett chose Werkmeister for a Bach recording on =
harpsichord.  Do you think (it is a simple question) he chooses it for =
jazz music on a modern piano ?

I feel harpsichord needs something more than a piano to make his notes =
sing truly, as the tone color can not change on it.  So harmonic changes =
are then very welcome to make the harpsichord sing, as are the complex =
rythmical free changes needed to make the harpsichord keep the interest =
of the phrase high.  By the way, these are the two only possiblilities =
for harpsichord to be expressive : temperament and rythmical =
alterations.

Do you know what Jarrett chose for his bach recordings on piano ?


St=E9phane Collin.

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  Jarrett likes Werckmeister. See this interesting, though flawed, =
article (the reporter didn't understand much of what Jarrett said about =
temperaments)...

  http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemile13.htm


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    From: St=E9phane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be>
    Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:48:27 +0200
    To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
    Subject: Re: Has anyone ever heard of a "Jazz" tuning?




    Hi, Dave and Juliet

    I would tune the bass so the third partial (sol a twelfth above do) =
is quite in tune.  This would cause the fifth partial (mi) to be less in =
tune, but in jazzy alterated chords, this is much less a problem than in =
the perfect chords of classical music.  What you get then is a much =
stronger feel of solid basement for dissonant harmony, interesting for =
letting the dissonances sing, without loosing the feel of tonality too =
much.

    Just my own opinion, no more.

    By the way, I like very much the sound of Keith Jarrett recordings.  =
This sounds not only like ET, but mostly like Keith Jarrett.  A friend =
of mine did a very clear demonstration that on any temperament (between =
reasonable limits), you can make any chord sound very harmonious or very =
awful, just by mixing differently the volumes of the notes you are =
playing, and controlling carefully their brillance.

    St=E9phane Collin.

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      From: David and Julie Streit <mailto:pianomann777@hotmail.com> =20
      To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
      Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:39 AM
      Subject: Has anyone ever heard of a "Jazz" tuning?

      I had a friend from Arkansas call and ask me a question.  This =
friend is learning how to tune and one of her "guinea pigs" requested =
that her piano be tuned to the "jazz" method.  All I can think of is =
that maybe a "Jazz" tuning is some kind of newfangled temperament. Maybe =
Arkansas just has it's own way of being different. :0)

      Has anyone ever heard of the "Jazz Method"?  And can you explain =
it?

      Thanks,

      Dave Streit, RPT
      AAA Piano Service
      Beaverton, OR






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