<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Has anyone ever heard of a "Jazz" tuning?</TITLE> <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=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jason</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very interesting article about = Jarrett.  Thanks for the link.  But I did understand Jarrett chose = Werkmeister for a Bach recording on harpsichord.  Do you think (it is a simple = question) he chooses it for jazz music on a modern piano ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel harpsichord needs something more = than a piano to make his notes sing truly, as the tone color can not change on it.  So harmonic changes are then very welcome to make the = harpsichord sing, as are the complex rythmical free changes needed to make the = harpsichord keep the interest of the phrase high.  By the way, these are = the two only possiblilities for harpsichord to be expressive : temperament and = rythmical alterations.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you know what Jarrett chose for his = bach recordings on piano ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jkanter@rollingball.com = href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">Jason Kanter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 09, 2002 = 4:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Has anyone ever = heard of a "Jazz" tuning?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Jarrett likes Werckmeister. See this interesting, = though flawed, article (the reporter didn't understand much of what Jarrett = said about temperaments)...<BR><BR><A = href="http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemile13.htm">http://ww= w.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemile13.htm</A><BR><BR><BR>..........<B= R>.  jason kanter . <FONT color=#0000ff><U><A = href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jkanter@rollingball.com</A></U></= FONT> . training consulting services<BR>.  sales & service competency = training . classroom & web-based<BR>.  in bellevue: 425 562 = 4127 . <B>cell 425 830 1561 </B>. fax 425 562 4132<BR>.  14847 ne 14th = st . bellevue wa 98007<BR>.  on orcas: 360 376 2799 . 136 perch tree = lane . eastsound wa 98245<BR>............................... <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR><B>From: </B>Stéphane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be><BR><B>Reply-To: = </B>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Date: </B>Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:48:27 +0200<BR><B>To: </B><pianotech@ptg.org><BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: Has anyone ever = heard of a "Jazz" tuning?<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Hi, Dave and Juliet<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I = would tune the bass so the third partial (sol a twelfth above do) is quite in tune. =  This would cause the fifth partial (mi) to be less in tune, = but in jazzy alterated chords, this is much less a problem than in the = perfect chords of classical music.  What you get then is a much = stronger feel of solid basement for dissonant harmony, interesting for letting the = dissonances sing, without loosing the feel of tonality too much.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Just my = own opinion, no more.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT = face=Arial>By the way, I like very much the sound of Keith Jarrett recordings. =  This sounds not only like ET, but mostly like Keith Jarrett.  A = friend of mine did a very clear demonstration that on any temperament (between = reasonable limits), you can make any chord sound very harmonious or = very awful, just by mixing differently the volumes of the notes you are = playing, and controlling carefully their = brillance.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Stéphane Collin.<BR></FONT></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE>----- Original Message ----- <BR><B>From:</B> David and = Julie Streit <mailto:pianomann777@hotmail.com> =  <BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:39 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Has anyone ever heard of a "Jazz" tuning?<BR><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I had a friend = from Arkansas call and ask me a question.  This friend is learning how to = tune and one of her "guinea pigs" requested that her piano be tuned to the = "jazz" method.  All I can think of is that maybe a "Jazz" tuning is = some kind of newfangled temperament. Maybe Arkansas just has it's own = way of being different. :0)<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Has anyone ever heard of the "Jazz Method"?  And = can you explain it?<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Thanks,<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT = face=Arial>Dave Streit, RPT<BR>AAA Piano Service<BR>Beaverton, = OR<BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY= ></HTML>