Re: [Harp-L] Re: Difference Tones

["Dave Murray" <dmurray777@xxxxxxx>]

> Dave, you asked why that website recommends avoiding difference tones. 
> You also said that you
> used an ET harp for your examples, and acknowledged that there is "some 
> dissonance" in the
> difference tones from an ET harp.   I think the point of that article was 
> that if you use a JI
> harp, the difference tones are sweet and not dissonant at all.   It only 
> takes a little
> experimentation with both harps (I tried a Lee Oskar vs a Hering Vintage) 
> to see how much better
> the JI difference tones sound.

Jazmaan, the reason that I mentioned ET was that I was using ET frequencies 
in the math which showed obvious small amounts of dissonance.  I didn't get 
from the web page that they were discussing JI since the difference tones 
are sweet, as you say. But, your point is well taken about the JI. I retuned 
a Lee Oskar this weekend to the Major Cross tuning (see 
http://members.cox.net/dmurray777/majorCross.shtml ) and one of the things 
that I discovered was that I was supposed to have a bunch of nice chords. I 
need to improve the tuning on my alteration since the chords didn't sound 
too sweet. I want to fix that 2nd position V chord on the 123 blow. The idea 
of a V below the I interests me.

At any rate, my bad if I missed that they were discussing JI, I thought that 
someone was calling difference frequencies a bad thing in general, and 
obviously they are not.

I just ordered a couple of Hering Vintages. True JI, not compromise, I've 
got to hear it. Thanks.

Peace and music,
Dave