Re: [Harp-L] Question: Equal Temperament Tuning on Golden MElody

["Arnold Wiliem" <arnoldw.id@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, Thanks for this information Winslow. At this moment I have mostly
Golden Melody, and two Special 20. I think I need to see what happens in the
future, before acquiring a bunch of JI tunning harmonicas. At least, now I
know why I can't make chord sound like what Gussow does in youtube.

Arnold

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The best place to get both an explanation and audio examples related to
> harmonica is at Pat Missin's website:
>
> http://patmissin.com/tunings/tunings.html
>
> Briefly, equal temperament is better for melodies, especially melodies that
> contain a lot of chromatic notes (Because the notes are mathematically
> figured to be the same distance apart from one note to the next in the
> 12-note chromatic scale). However, chords can sound rough in equal
> temperament, and the harmonica tends to make the problem very obvious.
>
> By contrast, you can create a just scale by deriving the pitches of notes
> from a single starting note (such as C) by dividing the frequency
> (vibrations per second) of that note by simple numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,
> etc.). When you do this, the chord notes that go with that root note will
> harmonize very fully and smoothly with the root note and will reinforce it
> in several ways, making for great, full-sounding, ringing chords. However,
> some of the individual notes in a scale constructed this way can sound out
> of tune when played as melody notes, and the problem gets worse as you add
> notes from the chromatic scale.
>
> History is full of compromises and workarounds for the opposing problems
> inherent in these two solutions.
>
> Winslow
>
> --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Arnold Wiliem <arnoldw.id@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Arnold Wiliem <arnoldw.id@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Question: Equal Temperament Tuning on Golden MElody
> To: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 8:54 PM
>
> Dear All,
>
> I know this is a newbie question. But until now, I don't get it what're
> the
> advantages and differences the Equal temperament tuning on Hohner Golden
> Melody compared to other tuning arrangement? Is it possible for me to tell
> the tuning type just from ears? Could you guys give me an example (a melody
> or song) that shows the differences?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Arnold
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