RE: [Harp-L] Just Intonation and Difference Tones

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The differences between just and equal tempered are much greater than
you think. I can't play a just tuned harp as they drive me nuts.  Of
course I'm a fairly strict melody player with a highly developed
sense of pitch.

They are very different to my ears.


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: dmf273@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Just Intonation and Difference Tones
>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:17:46 -0800 (PST)
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>>I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but its my
>understanding that with a Just Intoned
>>harp, the barely audible difference tones will sound in tune and
>pleasing to the ear, but with an
>>equal temperament harp the difference tones will sound harsh and not
>so pleasing.
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>>It's also been my experience that when playing through an amplified
>rig with a bullet mike, those
>>"barely audible" difference tones jump out and become much easier to
>hear.
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>>If that's true, then shouldn't everybody using a bullet mike be
>using just intoned harps?
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Chris Michalek

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