<html><div>"Key color" is a straw dog.  More out of tune and less out of tune comes closer to describing "key color".  </div> <br> <div>At 12:27 PM 4/2/99 -0800, you wrote:</div> <div>></div> <div>>As a amateur jazz pianist, personally, I'm much more concerned with the</div> <div>>color I impart with chord voicings than I am with the "key color" of any</div> <div>>particular tuning scheme. . . .</div> <br> <div>>With the sophisticated harmony of jazz, all kinds of colors are available</div> <div>>within a key signature. . . .</div> <br> <div>>        So a what constitues a good tuning for me in order of importance are</div> <div>>solid unisons, clean octaves and at the risk of being flamed off my piano</div> <div>>stool a well executed ET.</div> <div>></div> <div>>David Severance</div> <div>>Dept of Music and Theater Arts</div> <div>>Washington State University</div> <div>>Pullman, WA 99164</div> > <br> <b>Vince<br> </b><i><<a href="mailto:vince@byu.edu" eudora="autourl">mailto:vince@byu.edu</a>><br> </i>Visit the web page for the Pacific Northwest Conference at: <br> <<a href="http://www.pnwpianoconf.com/" eudora="autourl">www.pnwpianoconf.com</a>> </html>