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

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use many different kinds of mics - bullets to my 441.  Tones are
tones to me and if I'm playing in 12th position or 2nd position the
flat draw 5 in just tuning is always going to grate on my ears.

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: dmf273@xxxxxxxxx
>To: Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Just Intonation and Difference Tones
>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:42:25 -0800 (PST)
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>>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?
>>
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>>--- 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.
>>> 
>>> 
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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)
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >>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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