Sorry, I meant 'pure', not 'perfect'. Best Matthew
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 9:43, Matthew Daillie <dail...@club-internet.fr> wrote: > > None of the intervals are perfect in equal temperament (they all 'beat'). I > agree with the the major third on the open strings of a modern guitar being > classed as an imperfect consonance, but Ron describes it as being 'dissonant'. > Best > Matthew > > >> On Mar 1, 2017, at 9:18, Lex van Sante <lvansa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The major third is a dissonance in equal temperament because it is way too >> big. >> Even the perfect major third was considered to be an imperfect consonance in >> the dark ages. >> >> Lex >>> Op 1 mrt. 2017, om 09:03 heeft Matthew Daillie <dail...@club-internet.fr> >>> het volgende geschreven: >>> >>> Could you explain what you mean Ron, I don't understand this at all. Why do >>> you say the interval of a third is a dissonant interval? >>> Best >>> Matthew >>>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 5:13, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> 3) It's not the g string on guitar that is the cause of the tuning >>>> problem, stiff though it may be for nylon players. The culprit is the >>>> b string, which is tuned at the interval of a third from the g string, >>>> which is a dissonant interval. >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
