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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0f0f0f size=2>>by showing him how =
to tune the
guitar and yes, by *inventing* a new way to tune it which you, of course =
condemned. Guess what, they are again having trouble finding a =
guitar
player who can and will do the role and so I am anticipating having to =
do the
same again. I will not even think about you and the several other =
people
who said that it is not *possible* to tune the guitar like that because =
I know
it is <</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0f0f0f size=2>As Don Q knew he was =
fighting a
dragon...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0f0f0f size=2>With all due respect, I =
can't imagine a guitar tuned so that certain notes are more
harmonically consonant for certain chords without all the rest of them =
being
somehow out of tune or at least in a version of a reverse well. For =
a
simple example, if you tune a guitar so that the 'b' string is slightly =
flat,
thereby making an open G chord have more just intonation, when you play =
a C
chord the octave will be out of tune with the upper note flat by that =
much,etc.
I can imagine inversions of an Ab chord sounding much sweeter than =
certain C
chords, which I have always taken to be a basis of determining a reverse =
well.
It seems to me impossible to follow the well-temperament rules of
consonance/dissonance based on the circle-of-fifths on a
fretted instrument. As a former guitar player, and someone =
genuinely
interested in HTs, I would appreciate an explanation of =
how you
would tune it and how it works and what restrictions if any are =
imposed on
the guitarist's voicings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0f0f0f size=2>Ken Jankura
RPT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>