Re: [Harp-L] Ghost Notes and Equal Temperament

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 27, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Richard Hammersley wrote:

> What sounds 'good' in music is not always what sounds completely in  
> tune.

This has nothing to do with whether difference tones on an instrument  
in 12TET have a degree of dissonance or not.  As I said, whether one  
objects to the beats in difference tones generated by an instrument  
in 12TET is basically the same question as whether one objects to  
12TET in the first place.

"In tune", is a fluid concept.  I have strenuously avoided using it  
in this discussion, because the intervals in 12TET are perfectly in  
tune but are by design not beatless.  In the above I read "in tune"  
as describing beatless intervals.  I certainly believe that  
dissonance is a very, very useful musical tool.







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