source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:20:49 -0800 Subject: Re: wolf, plural... From: Joseph Downing On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Daniel Wolf wrote: > > By the way: In Just Intonation, how do you avoid a wolf in a progression > like the following: I V I vi ii V I? I think you have to choose between a > wolf and a comma slip, and I generally prefer the former. What I did in my _Downing I_ tuning is to tune the Ds above middle C to G (G/D = 2/3) while the Ds below middle C are tuned a 6/5 minor third below F. So, when I play the progression above, I make sure that the ii is voiced to only use the Ds below middle C, while the V chord uses Ds above. Of course, that means that in the progression ii V the two Ds are not really a common tone, but are a comma apart. I find that, at least for me, harmonic tuning is much more important than melodic tuning, so this does not bother me. I find that ANYONE notices harmonic tuning, while the inconsistency of the two pitches used melodically is only noticeable to those (including me) who are listening more carefully. This is, obviously, a compromise, but one that I am willing to live with, and I prefer this solution above "averaging" the two pitches. Your mileage may vary. Joe Downing in Syracuse Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 20:54 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA02281; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 20:56:37 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA02232 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id LAA01212; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:56:34 -0800 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:56:34 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu