Out of tune(probably an argument, here)

[jason kanter]

Please explain the 6+,6- method?

Jason
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Forsyth" <alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "PIANOTECH" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Out of tune(probably an argument, here)


> John Formsma wrote;
>
> >>>  "There is also a point at which a unison can have some "life." This
is
> just before a perfectly sterile unison. The effect is that the sound seems
> to have a little movement, an "alive" sound, a little bloom, whatever you
> want to call it. It's not out of tune at all - just has life to it. I've
> also noticed there is slightly more volume at this point.
>
> Wonder if this is what the pianist is hearing?"  >>>
>
> Yes, I must agree. It is the slight mis-tuning that alters the envelope of
> the sound, almost like a swell. It is like a slight rolling effect, but
the
> beat must not repeat itself.
> The same goes for octaves as well. Perfect octave tuning is pretty
lifeless!
> A slight rolling effect in the very low bass octaves works wonders on the
> tone, depending on the piano, making the sound not quite so "rigid".
>
> If anyone has had to tune a piano for Ragtime music, the 6+,6- method, you
> might have experienced that extraordinary secondary wave that looms up
from
> somewhere when you play block chords. It is actually quite intoxicating. I
> have no idea of the physics that is going on here that produces this
> phenomenon.
>
> AF
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