On 18 Jan 2007 at 10:02, dc wrote: > Johannes Gebauer écrit: > >Well, tempered open strings doesn't mean we play tempered. > > But you at least play tempered if and when you play a fifth on open > strings. John's idea that temperament is only an issue on keyboard > instruments is completely wrong. What about fretted instruments? I > often play with viola de gamba or theorbo, and both of them can and do > use meantone, for instance. I have no problems playing or tuning with > these TEMPERED instruments. But I do have problems any time I play > with a modern cellist, who seems to think a fifth is a fifth is a > fifth. > > >That really depends on the music, and who we play with. For the music > >I do mostly which is 18th century and later, pure fifth simply don't > >work. For early 17th century music they may work very well, though it > >will require a mean tone tuning for keyboard instruments, and that > >requires the tuning of extremely narrow fifth. It's something one has > >to learn. > > I assume you mean pure thirds and not pure fifths. For most 17th > century music, meantone is the only tuning that will work. You find > pure thirds "vulgar". I find the wide and uniform thirds of ET > dreadful. But this is a question of musical taste and education. > > Dennis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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