Out of tune(probably an argument, here)

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

This is an interesting discussion.  I've been taught to make the unisons 
rock-solid on tune.  I've noted on some scales that when I do this the 
sustain drops of dramatically (usually in the treble) whereas when 
approaching perfect unison it lasts much longer.  I've struggled with some 
temptation here.  A slow rolling wave that doesn't return before sustain 
drops off sure would add to the life of the note...of-course it gets 
complicated on those trichords, I'd hate to think of doing it on a 
quad-chord ;-)

Andrew


At 05:09 PM 5/10/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 10/05/04 4:44:07 PM, vinsam@sympatico.ca writes:
>
><< Hi Ed, I can understand where you are coming from, and it is good to be
>
>able to be as tollerant as you are of out-of-tuness.  >>
>
>Vinny;
>  Let me jump in here with a comment. For all pratical purposes a slightly
>un-unisoned unison :) is not quite the same thing as being "out-of-tune" your
>sensibilities notwithstanding.
>  For the most part when I am talking about warping a string of a unison it
>would be unnoticable unless one were specifically looking for it...say one 
>beat,
>or almost one beat, per 2 or 3 seconds.......hardly enough to be "out of
>tune" but not really "tuned" dead on either.
>
>  What this allows is a constant 'bloom' of the note when played in a 
> 'normal'
>fashion and held for a 'normal' musical beat.
>
>  I don't think what Ed is talking about is your average barroom piano shaped
>thingee which gets attention to its tuning every three or four years or when
>the proper amount of keys stop working. :-)
>
>  This technique is not for all pianos or all situations but when it is
>needful it is a tremendous tool to have in your wet ware.
>Jim Bryant (FL)
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