<!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=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, Dave and Juliet</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just my own opinion, no = more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=pianomann777@hotmail.com = href="mailto:pianomann777@hotmail.com">David and Julie Streit</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 = 3:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Has anyone ever heard = of a "Jazz" tuning?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone ever heard of the "Jazz = Method"?  And can you explain it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Streit, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AAA Piano Service</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beaverton, OR</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>