Thanks for the great link. JON --- On Sun, 6/6/10, Barbara Currier <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Barbara Currier <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [HG-new] ipod temperament To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 6 June, 2010, 16:38 Seems to be a Rousseau temperament. I have decided to accept his arcane nature, as I never get to play with others, anyway, and tune him as he was meant to be. Along with the Bassot (died 1808) signature and a brother hg in the hands of the French ministry of culture, this tuning confirms the age for me. Googling tells me Rousseau was extant to about 1810. I don't care that my Bassot has divisions in his C-bouts, so does the one below. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_98=DENO&VALUE_98=vielle%20%E0%20roue%20&NUMBER=12&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28vielle%20%E0%20roue%29%20%3aDENO%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=1&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=100&DOM=All or http://tinyurl.com/29qd8dt ... and the one in Boston does, too. That's the way Joseph Bassot, fils, did it, along with carving the heads himself rather than jobbing them out to good sculptors ;^). I like them, gives them whimsy. Happy cranking! Barbara On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:41 PM, GertieCranker <[email protected]> wrote: It's an amazing app, btw! Sent from my IpodWww.judithlindenau.com On Jun 5, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Barbara Currier <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, all, I've recently gotten an iPod Touch (2nd g) as a very early birthday present from my beloved. Browsing through Apps for the first time, I found the Cleartune tuner ($3.99) ( http://www.bitcount.com/cleartune/temperaments.html ), for which I had to go out and find a microphone that would work with the iPod. If I had an iPhone, I wouldn't have needed that bit. Anyway, I bought the app for the different temperament settings available, more than I knew existed, as I have been fussing much too much with my little old Bassot and modern equal temperament and I've wanted to know what his natural tuning is. Well, there are 23 temperaments included in the tuner. At the bottom of the list are six French tunings (Early French, Homogeneous French - 1/5 SC, Rameau, Rousseau II, Rousseau III, Rouseau IV). Guess what? M. Bassot, with his tangents perpendicular to one chanterelle comes very close to each of these six, even the Bs are close. When I've spent a wee bit more time, I might nail down the magic one. I've only spent a few minutes trying this out and I thought I'd ask an opinion of the learned before committing tangent surgery, again. Do any of you tune to one of these temperaments? How well do you fit in with other musical instruments? All the Best, Barbara -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
