<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/3/01 8:08:49 AM Central Standard Time, gmcc@charter.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">How do I know if I'm tuning a 2:1, 4:2, or 6:3 octave? And why are they used in different places. How do I know when to use which one?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Sorry to be so elementary, but I know the terms and what they mean. I just don't know when to use one in place of another.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">(I may know this, but I just don't know if I know it!)</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Thanks for any advice</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Gary McCormick</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR>Gary
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<BR>Ever since I have been tuning, I have been hearing about 2:1, 4:5 , 8:6, 3/4, common time, (what ever), etc., intervals. I could never understand those ratios. Why confuse the tuning with a lot of mathematical garbeldy gook.
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<BR>I concentrate on the intervals, and how they sound. If they don't sound right, I correct them. When it sounds right, I leave it alone. I don't go analyzing what kind of ratio it is.
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<BR>Even with the use of an SAT, which is built on the ratio thing, I try not to let that information creep into my tuning.
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<BR>Just my views
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<BR>Wim
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