I'm fairly new to HG playing, but have used just intonation for many years for other purposes - since my tuner supported JI I decided to use it last time I tuned the tangents, and was very happy with the result. When played against a drone the pure intervals really pop!--Norm Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:31:25 -0400 Subject: Re: [HG-new] Equal Temperament Tuning and Intonation From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Re: [HG-new] Equal Temperament Tuning and Intonation Once you’ve gotten on to the sound of just intonation (or even variety of meantone), it’s 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. -- 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.
