Hello together,
there is one simple answer to all questions about hurdy gurdy and
equal tempterament tuning:
Whatever tuning a hurdy gurdy is tuned to - as long as there is a
drone sounding, equal temperament will sound muddy.
Of course there are some hacks like tuning a guitar open or leaving
out thirds in bass chords,...
But that all is not a hurdy gurdy thing, that is a drone thing (its
the same on a keyboard). A drone puts every single note into a
relation towards it and equal temperament is made for the opposite -
its the definite no-drone-tuning.
kind regards,
Simon
Am 13.06.2008 um 15:54 schrieb Augusto de Ornellas Abreu:
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.
...
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http://drehleierwiki.wiki-site.com
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