<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the deal with all the "old" performers as examples of current performance practices (especially all the dead ones)? Here, I will give you a good example of current performance practices: <EM>Hilary Hahn plays Bach</EM>. Listen to that an you will see how violinists use just intervals to make everything sound in-tune (i.e. really beautiful); they also have the ability to stretch these intervals to increase the musical expression/tension. Playing intervals with really good intonation is very difficult without masking the problem with too much vibrato, but Hahn does a pretty good job by today's standards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess I do not understand how you are calculating your melodic (string) temperament, but I am really interested to understand what you are talking about. I know it bothers you when I mention anything about my education, but that is one issue that I am dealing with in my thesis. If I have completely missed something about string intonation, it would be nice to have it corrected before its published. I'm all ears . . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bradley M. Snook</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. The M. stands for my Middle name.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>