While I basically agree with you, I will play Devil's Advocate (as if we didn't have enough lawyers). The human being is the animal that can get used to anything. As a result, many people find even temperament "right" and just temperament "wrong." So these people's bodies accept only even tempered tuning, probably at the expense of higher stress levels. I once quit a high level community chorus partly because the director insisted on even tempered thirds. I didn't care for the stress. She, by the way, had perfect pitch, which defined for her where the pitch of a given note should be, regardless of the key.
Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Physically, we don't really have a choice about intonation. Our ears > create overtones based on whole number multiples of whatever frequency is > being sounded. We can't escape that. This was understood as far back as the > ancient Greeks. That's why an in-tune interval is so satisfying. Our bodies > are not constructed to be able to accept tempered tuning! > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herb_foster%40yahoo.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
