Steve 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!"
This may be true, but I can't help wondering about the "charm" of rag time
music played on an old out of tune piano. When I was a college student, my
piano playing friends loved to visit my parents' home to play jazz & rag
time on our huge old upright piano that hadn't been tuned in more than two
decades. I hated that piano because I coudn't play Chopin on it, but they
loved it for it's sound & feel! So ... what's with that?
Valerie, Balanced Embouchure student
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