At 11:37 AM +0100 8/9/11, Steve Parker wrote: > > >> It's marginally closer to the #4 than to the >>P4. It's not anywhere near what we call in tune >>these days, but it's enough to be interpreted >>by our ears as the #4. > >Very marginally (1 cent)..... I don't hear it as an augmented fourth.
No, it fits perfectly into the natural harmonic series as a small whole-number multiple of the fundamental frequency. It does NOT fit into the artificial equal-tempered scale, nor is there any reason to expect it to. (Hint: NO equal tempered interval matches the harmonic series intervals except the octave, and on a grand piano not even the octaves are pure because of inharmonicity created by the high string tension.) John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
