(repeat, first try seems to have evaporated into cyber space) Yes Stewart, it was a joke. Sometimes I tell it sometimes not. What I do, when they are finished rolling their eyes, is move the second fret into the equal tempered position, tune a just 10th between the open 4th string and the second fret of the first, ask them to admire the sweetness of the interval... and then play the "octave" been the open first and the 4th at the second fret. It has to get swept inder the rug somewhere.
As for Rainer: >Even a mathematical idiot will know that 2 is even and 3 is odd... well yes, but the idea that any number of two's multiplied together is still even and any number of three's odd requires a bit of induction and a small leap of thought. Clearly, my friend, you have not had the privilege of teaching a non-major's math or mathematical science course to a US college age audience since the collapse of standards in secondary school education in much of the country. Inumeracy is rampant. .....Bob ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Replies: (remove the "ZZZZ") Ekko Jennings: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Clair: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
