Well, there are people who can't sing or play on tune, and they do record,
but this is not a good reason for buying their cds or think that the
composer wrote with such a performance in mind. I have a recording of Mozart
horn concertos which is beautiful and enjoable for the sound ( tuned) of the
Dear all,
Many thanks for your fascinating replies to my question. I had assumed, of=20
course, that Mozart and Handel had a good ear, which was, in fact, the point=
of=20
my question. How can anyone with a good ear listen to something so out of tu=
ne=20
as those recordings? What I hadn't
Many thanks for your fascinating replies to my question. I had assumed, of=20
course, that Mozart and Handel had a good ear, which was, in fact, the point=
of=20
my question. How can anyone with a good ear listen to something so out of tu=
ne=20
as those recordings?
I guess the labels
Who, exactly, was playing on these CD's and how old is the recording ? In the course
of the modern revival of older instruments brass playing was one of the slower things
to come up to snuff (it is very hard). For amusement value dig up the very old (late
1960's - early 1970's ?) Concentus
My guitar teacher, Aldo Minella, has an absolute ear , and I remember he was
suffering when he heard something not in tune, and by this I mean less than
5 commas difference ( books say human ear can't tell the difference below
5 commas, but I also met other musicians who could tell it , and I
PS: If anyone asks you why temperament ?, the shortest answer is
2 to the N th power = 3 to M th power has no non-trivial solutions
for integer N and M If nothing else that should leave the
questioner in stunned silence while you make your escape. :-)
Dear Bob,
I know you're joking, but I'd
BobClair or EkkoJennings wrote:
PS: If anyone asks you why temperament ?, the shortest answer is 2 to the N th
power = 3 to M th power has no non-trivial solutions for integer N and M If nothing
else that should leave the questioner in stunned silence while you make your escape.
:-)
Bob, and all,
A cent is 1/1200 of an octave (100 cents = 1 equal tempered semione). Most
books on musical acoustics
quote a threshold of 4 cents for human pitch discrimination. I don't
remember what the basis is or whether anyone
has tested to see if those who claim they can do better really
Rainer,
PS: If anyone asks you why temperament ?, the shortest answer is 2 to
the N th power = 3 to M th power has no non-trivial solutions for integer
N and M If nothing else that should leave the questioner in stunned silence
while you make your escape. :-)
Even a mathematical idiot will
