On Fri, Nov 9, 2007, LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 2) Skip the calculating [...] adjusting by the ear > and/or tuner. > > The second way is good if you want to avoid the theory.
bad if you are in concert, unless your skill in imprompto patter rivals that of Arlo Guthrie. I am reminded of all the tweaking I did between playing classical guitar pieces that were in different keys, not relising that I was looking for something to please my non-ET ears while constricted to the ET placed frets; it was not until I took up lute proper that I learned about tempered tuning. Its particularly bad if you are playing in ensemble, except perhaps with viols; not all of the instruments we have invented have the flexibility of adjustible frets - your woodwind players might find it necessary to make reed adjustments, fiddle with masking tape or wax; fretted instruments will need a trip to the maker. And, each piece in the repetoire might need a seperate set of adjustments. This is why ET won out in the long run. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
