tuning narrow and wide

[Dave Nereson]

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>>I also get confused when people say wider or narrower, wider or =
narrower than
what.<<

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beatless, or precise whole-number ratios, such as 6:5, 4:3, 3:2, etc.

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<<What is the standard.>>

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There is none, as far as stretch is concerned; it varies from piano to =
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>>  For me, the slowly rolling beats of
> the fourths and the barely rolling beats of the fifths are much easier =
to
> hear accurately than thirds/sixths/tenths/seventeenths; they take you =
to
the
> same place in ET, and the fourths and fifths are much more precise.

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That's great, for you, but for most, I think it's easier to tell if a =
third or sixth is beating 5 rather than 6 beats per second than it is to =
tell if a fifth is beating 0.5 or 0.7 bps.

    --David Nereson, RPT

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