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Re: Intervals enharmony question
From: |
Hans Åberg |
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Re: Intervals enharmony question |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:11:54 +0200 |
> On 30 Apr 2018, at 21:47, Malte Meyn <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Am 30.04.2018 um 21:32 schrieb Hans Åberg:
>> One has to adapt the pitch on every note played, and the reference is
>> typically the string section, which in turn is tuned in Pythagorean,
>
> Many string players tune their perfect fifths a bit small so that they’re
> near to equal temperament (700 ct) or even smaller instead of just (702 ct).
So how do they tune their violins? And why would an orchestra do this: it
increases the beats in the chords.
>> but can adapt into 5-limit Just Intonation if the music played follows the
>> Traditional Harmony rules.
>
> They could, yes. But I think that most intonation in choir and orchestra is
> not just intonation but more or less an approximation; for example leading
> notes are often played higher than just because they have more of the leading
> character then. And just intonation has other problems that make it
> impractical.
It is adaptive JI: If pivoting the chord sequence C F Dm G C, it slips a
syntonic comma. So the orchestra must slide the pitch somewhere. Sounds
terrible on music like organs, though.
>> That becomes more difficult in distant keys.
>
> Why should it? Just intonation works in every key.
Because there is no reference to the Pythagorean notes.
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- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Jacques Menu Muzhic, 2018/04/29
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Hans Åberg, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Jacques Menu Muzhic, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Hans Åberg, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Torsten Hämmerle, 2018/04/30
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- Re: Intervals enharmony question, David Kastrup, 2018/04/30
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- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Hans Åberg, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Malte Meyn, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Hans Åberg, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Hans Åberg, 2018/04/30
- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Torsten Hämmerle, 2018/04/30
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- Re: Intervals enharmony question, Hans Åberg, 2018/04/30
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