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<DIV><FONT size=2>A creative analogy but not particularly meaningful =
to
me. For those who want an adventure every time they modulate to a
different key, then HT might just be for them. For those who =
don't, then
ET might be a better fit. I would not go so far as to call ET =
bland.
I was simply commenting on my own experience with jazz musicians who had =
played
around with both types of tuning. Though the HT's had a certain =
novel
interest at first, for most of them that novelty wore off after =
awhile.
One pianist in particular was talking about chromatic chord =
progressions
and how with each chromatic move the quality of the chord changed =
so
dramatically that it altered his intent. Ensemble players =
have also
complained. Many violinists already consider the piano the devil's =
instrument because of the impure intervals, and when those intervals =
become even
more "ripe" in the more distant keys, as in various HT's, that =
greater
impurity often drives them nuts. At any rate, I was trying to =
avoid a
discussion of what's better. What's better is what the =
musician
wants. I try not to impose my own values on anyone. I =
generally tune
in ET but I freely discuss the merits of HT's to those interested and =
will tune
that way if they want. That being said, if the pianist needs =
an
altered tuning to create excitement, he should practice =
more.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<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> October 20, 2001 8:48 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: more on this =
temperament
thing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
10/20/01 10:27:57 AM Central Daylight Time, <A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A>
(David Love) writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">My point is that for most jazz pianists that I know, an =
altered
V chord in <BR>the key of C should have the same character as and =
altered V
chord in the <BR>key of Ab. Seems simple
enough</BLOCKQUOTE>.</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR>26 years ago, when I was a senior in =
college, I
spent the year abroad in France. The group of other college =
students I
traveled with went first to Paris. We all were taken to the =
famous
boulevard called "L'Avenue des Champs Elysées". The Arc de =
Triomphe, all
the exquisite shops and other places to see that were new and =
different to us
were not what attracted a sizable number of our group. <BR><BR>What =
place was
it that most of the group wanted to visit? The Mc Donald's =
restaurant.
Why? Just to see if the hamburgers there tasted the *same* =
as they
do in the US. And to their astonished glee and surprise, they =
did.
They talked about that fact at length. <BR><BR>I declined to go =
because
I already knew what to expect and didn't want the same thing that had =
already
been served 100 million times before. Of course, I was viewed as =
the
*oddball* but I didn't care. I selected a pastry shop that had =
items I
had never seen nor tasted before. Most of the other group =
thought my
choice was *wierd*. It took them much longer, after they had =
settled
down into the university town (where there was no Mc Donald's) before =
they
discovered the infinite delights of a French Pastry shop. <BR><BR>To =
some
people, the same bland consistency, day in and day out is what they =
want.
It is what they are comfortable with. Others want variety =
and
adventure. In music, Jazz or otherwise, my belief has always =
been that
there should be a *reason* to be in a particular key and there should =
be a
*reason* to modulate. What would be the purpose of playing in =
any
particular key or even modulating if there is no distinction between =
them?
<BR><BR>To me, the choice of keys and modulating while in ET, =
particularly in
the Jazz medium gives about as much satisfaction as choosing the Mc =
Donald's
further down the street rather than the one close by just for a change =
of
scenery. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT>
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