>Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> What Jon wrote was "your ear is the best tuning device". I could not >> agree more! > >well, I have been a performer in vocal groups, on the lute, and with >woodwinds; in all cases in ensemble. Vocal groups that perform with >instruments are always at odds with the temperament of the instrument; >when singing acapella it is the unconcious and natural practice of most >good groups to tune their accords in an unequal temperament, hopefully >making the hall 'ring'. In many cases one or more of those singing bass >will have a different 'inner' pitch, or perhaps is physically tired, the >result is gradually sagging pitch; often ending as much as a full tone >down from the starting pitch.
If the group is singing in something approaching pure or just intonation, couldn't it end up at a lower pitch as a natural consequence of a few modulations? http://www.cdss.fsnet.co.uk/temper/no-frames/index.htm http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/english/temperament.html http://www.guyguitars.com/eng/handbook/Tuning/history.html http://www.millersrus.com/avery/default.htm http://home.earthlink.net/~kgann/histune.html http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/lgs/meantone.html http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/ -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
