Once you¹ve gotten on to the sound of just intonation (or even variety of meantone), it¹s hard to accept equal temp as being in tune. Those pure thirds and truly perfect intervals of just intonation are really pretty. But‹ensemble work does require some compromise, unfortunately.
2 cents on tuning, Leonard On 11/3/11 2:56 PM, "Arle Lommel" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've tuned my instrument very carefully to equal temperament for ensemble > work, but it never stays there long. I'll tweak it to make it sound right on a > regular basis. I don't know that its Just Intonation, however, as I don't use > a tuner or check. But it certainly isn't equal temperament since the dominant > is out and, when you're used to the sound, equal temperament sounds really > strange compared to the pure fifth you expect there. > > I find it useful, however, to use a tuner and aim for equal temperament as a > first step and then tweak things from there. It gets you close enough as a > starting point. > > -Arle > > > On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:50 , Steven Tucker wrote: > >> Hiya, >> >> I find myself wondering how many gurdy players tweak their tangents between >> Equal Temperament and Just Intonation? >> >> Players I've talked to who play in bands all seem to favor the Equal >> Temperament, but the soloists usually tell me they just tweak the tangents >> "until they sound right". Since the soloists seem to have been playing >> mostly diatonic and modal folk tunes I assume they (knowingly or not) use a >> Just Intonation. >> >> So what's your opinion or technique for tuning the tangents? >> >> -Steve -- 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.
