source file: m1577.txt Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:43:37 -0500 Subject: Re: Comments and a question From: Gary Morrison > Perhaps a place to start would be to look for any volume peaks or tr= oughs > that might or might not exist in the individual's ears across the audib= le > frequency spectrum. I'd be willing to bet nevertheless, that which tunings we find most ap= pealing is more based upon how we first experienced various intervals, or more generally, what impressions we associate with various intervals. For exa= mple, I relate very well to tunings with 7:4s in them, because I first discovered= them (in approximation) 20-some-odd years ago while I was doing my 10TET guita= r and flute science-fair projects back in high school. That was an exceptional= ly enlightening time of my life, so I tend to enjoy 7:4s a lot. Or a similar avenue would be what, if any, melodies various intervals = remind us of. Major sixths, for example, remind me of the opening interval of T= amino's first aria in Die Zauberfl=F6te. It's not impossible that other aspects = of that aria - perhaps its contemplative aura - also rub off on my impression of = what a major sixth should sound like. ------------------------------ End of TUNING Digest 1577 *************************