Only one significant problem you may have playing with other equally tempered instruments The others will have very sharp, nasty major thirds (B in the key of G) You will have lovely sweet ones You can easily push your thirds up with extra key pressure You will only need to do this on long notes
I play with other instruments all the time, its really not a problem Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Augusto de Ornellas Abreu Sent: 13 June 2008 14:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: [HG] Re: [HurdyGurdyForum] Intonation and tuning One thing I never understood quite well, and I have asked and no one ever gave me a straight answer... For my particular situation, in which I am going to play in a band with the following instruments acoustic guitar bass (either bass acoustic guitar or eletric bass) silver flute recorder or clarinet or tinwhistle (one of them, since it's the same player!) violin (probably tuned in just/perfect fifths) voice (percussion) and provided I stick to regular HG tunes in G major, G minor (both with a D trompette), C major and C minor (both with a C trompette - I have a capo on my trompette for that), and maybe D and D minor (disengaging the G and g chanterelles, engaging the D chanterelle (3rd chanterelle) and playing with a D trompette and raising a drone to D) Can I tune my HG to just temperment and still play this standard HG tunes with my mates? Remember, the two other main melodic instruments - the violin (in perfect fifths) and the flute - are pretty fluid in intonation, but the guitar and the bass aren't that much because of the frets... Will we sound better than if I just give up and accept the imperfection of equal temperment? I like Graham's article a lot and I intend to experiment just temperment on myself, but I want to know if I will sound any better in the band using these adjustments. Cheers Augusto Ornellas On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Graham Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You could also look at my paper "Tuning and Temperament" I presented it at the 2002 Over the Water Festival Discussion of the advantages of not using Equal Temperament on the Hurdy Gurdy. Includes instructions for setting Just Temperament with a standard tuning meter You can find it at http://www.hurdygurdy.org/resources.html Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Evans Sent: 13 June 2008 13:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HurdyGurdyForum] Intonation and tuning Hi All, for those of you with an interest in intonation in relation to the hurdy gurdy, I've just come across a top article on the web.It includes a vey practical hands-on guide. Perhaps someone on the forum could embed it on the "Links" page for us all. http://www.orfeo-fiato.nl/hurdy_gurdy_tuning.html Enjoy Steve ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (2) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity a.. 2New Members b.. 3New Photos c.. 1New Links Visit Your Group Yahoo! 360 Share what matters Share your photos, blog. Control who sees what. Yahoo! Toolbar Get it Free! easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a group in 3 easy steps. Connect with others. . __,_._,___
