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

["jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>]

I understand that equal tempered harps sound better for single note melody lines which is mostly
what you play.  Do you use a bullet mike?   Aren't most bullet users more interested in chordal
sounds?  So wouldn't they be better off using Just Intoned harps?


--- Chris Michalek <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >---- 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)
> >
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>If that's true, then shouldn't everybody using a bullet mike be
> >using just intoned harps?
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