Re: [Harp-L] Re: Temperments of other instruments

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/16/2007 1:09:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx writes:

it
could be that we're all trained to hear the piano a certain way  by long
exposure and don't tend to notice that the chords are acoustically  out
of tune.


This is true. If you play chords on a piano tuned to JI and  compared them to 
the same ones played on ET, you would find the chords on the JI  piano sound 
warmer and fuller.
 
Downside is that JI will give you some keys in which the chords sound lush  
and wonderful while other keys will give you terribly grating sounding  chords.
 
The whole idea behind ET on piano is the ability to play in all keys with  
acceptable sounding chords - not the BEST or WARMEST, but the most  acceptable.
 
The Iceman



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