David Andersen wrote: > Spot on the money, PRJ. So good it coulda come from Nossaman....<g> > DA > > > On Oct 25, 2008, at 2:11 PM, paulrevenkojones at aol.com > <mailto:paulrevenkojones at aol.com> wrote: > >> David (Boyce)... >> >> Just a word on the contiguous 3rd's and their accuracy. However you >> start, from F3 to A, A to C#, C# to F4, e.g., none of the first >> settings of these pitches is precise, absolute, or unmovable, until >> other intervals become available to refine them, at which point they >> will become highly refined. The 2nd group of contiguous 3rd's, from >> F#3 etc. are significantly more precise than the first group since >> there are now more intervals from which to check. And so on. I have >> found, however, that I can set that first group of contiguous 3rd's >> such that, without listening to F3, I can almost always get an almost >> "perfect" octave at F4 just by climbing the contiguous 3rd's and >> balancing the middle 3rd correctly between the two others. It depends >> on the piano, its scale, inharmonic qualities, etc. Spinets require >> jiggling the intervals differently from 9-footers. It all ends up >> "tuned", though. There is little to be gained from thinking in cents! >> deviation in aural tuning on such wildly moving intervals as 3rd's, >> 6th's, etc. When all is said and done, a completed tuning is a >> completed tuning. For the several micro-seconds after completion that >> it remains a "tuning". :-) >> Paul Paul, This sounds like good solid realism to me, except for two things. I sure wouldn't expect to be able to hit an accurate octave building contiguous thirds from the lower note. I have to set the octave first and interpolate thirds in between - then try to fix it all later. The second point is that I don't remember ever completing a tuning. Diminishing returns, defined by the resolution of the instrument, time investment against a finite life span and energy pool, venue requirements, my ultimately limited skill set, and the internal background noises in my skull determine when I need to quit. The mix varies with every appointment. Then those microseconds swarm in and do the rest. David, Get a job. And a haircut. <G> Ron N
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