None of the intervals are perfect in equal temperament (they all 'beat'). I agree with the the major third on the open strings of a modern guitar being classed as an imperfect consonance, but Ron describes it as being 'dissonant'. Best Matthew
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 9:18, Lex van Sante <lvansa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The major third is a dissonance in equal temperament because it is way too > big. > Even the perfect major third was considered to be an imperfect consonance in > the dark ages. > > Lex >> Op 1 mrt. 2017, om 09:03 heeft Matthew Daillie <dail...@club-internet.fr> >> het volgende geschreven: >> >> Could you explain what you mean Ron, I don't understand this at all. Why do >> you say the interval of a third is a dissonant interval? >> Best >> Matthew >>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 5:13, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 3) It's not the g string on guitar that is the cause of the tuning >>> problem, stiff though it may be for nylon players. The culprit is the >>> b string, which is tuned at the interval of a third from the g string, >>> which is a dissonant interval. >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
