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

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

That's EXACTLY the way I see it too Dave
smo-joe (aka gloomy Terry)

On Sep 3, 2008, at 10:08 PM, David Payne wrote:

> Somebody is going to bust me for saying this, I'm sure, and throw  
> some fancy data, science, math and whatnot at me, but my ear tells  
> that it is different somehow from a harmonica. I hear a EQ piano  
> chord and say "oh, I guess that's a piano chord." I hear a EQ  
> harmonica chord and say "this blows."
>
>   I suspect with the harmonica, the difference is that the harp  
> sustains  notes. Guitar, piano, whatever, you hit the chord, it  
> rings, then dies. A harmonica chord hangs there and says "evaluate  
> me."
>   I hold a good JI chord on a harp, it sometimes gives me  
> chills.BUT, you chop chord a JI and an EQ, you hear virtually no  
> difference over the very short duration of a beat.
>    That is the difference I see.
>
>   Dave