On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:27:08PM +0200, Simon Wascher wrote:
> for music which does not use a 12 key (piano) keyboard there is no real
> need to use those intonation compromises. The color (intonation) of
> every interval, step or harmony can be choosen more freely and the A
> bevore the modulation must not be the same as after . Typical example:
> The A wich is the sixth of C is lower in many just intonation systems
> than the A as secund of G if C and G are common to and a perfect fifth
> in both keys. For computer generated music it should be possible to give
> up the equal tempered intonation and to calculate the intonation
> outgoing from the tonic center, maybe even when using a twelve key piano
> keyboard for input.
I would not be at all surprised to discover that most guitarists who
tune to DADGAD ('modal D' tuning) do so in a manner which is not in
the least even-tempered, too. And not necessarily consciously.
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