I agree with Raymond. For non-string players, my experience is that
the relationship between the choice of enharmonic spelling and the
corresponding intonation has been wildly overstated, especially when
it comes to post-1900 music. As he says, a good player tunes his note
using his ears, not his eyes.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 17 Aug 2006, at 12:50 AM, Raymond Horton wrote:
No sensitive musician plays in a vacuum, or constantly in equal
temperament. I mentioned horn as a frequent user of enharmonic
equivalents - one should very rarely write a B# for horn, yet if a
good horn player hears their written C sounding as the third of a
chord, that player will adjust accordingly. If the same player
sees a written B#, the player will be too busy cursing at the
composer/arranger to be playing the note sensitively.
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