source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:12:59 +0200 Subject: Re: Temperaments/tyros/neophytes From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >Temperaments are only necessary on those instruments which are tuned prior >to playing. >The brass sections in any major orchestra are very good at finding just >major thirds, for instance. I believe you'll find that, even within the realm of a single instrument, that depends upon the musical context. For example, you'll find that long sustained chords often tend toward JI, but unaccompanied scalar melodic passages tend closer to equal-temperament. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:15 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA01531; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:15:58 +0200 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:15:58 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA01529 Received: (qmail 16831 invoked from network); 21 Jun 1997 02:14:28 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Jun 1997 02:14:28 -0000 Message-Id: <970620221233_2055855796@emout17.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu