Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Perfect/Well Tempered Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 90 05:31:41 GMT References: <136000003@peg> <1758@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <7267@chaph.usc.edu> <434@iconsys.UUCP> Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 23 In-reply-to: tom@iconsys.UUCP's message of 12 Jan 90 23:34:56 GMT In article <434@iconsys.UUCP> tom@iconsys.UUCP (Tom Kimpton) writes: > I have followed with interest the discussion on "well tempered"ness > of western music (instruments) and I was wondering if any electronic > music instruments have options to play "perfect" scales. Yes, modern synthesizers can be made to play in perfect scales. Which brings me to a question which has been in my mind for long: If a piece is playes in a perfect scale, say c major, and is then played in perfect scale d major, does it sound different? Yes, it will sound higher. But does it feel different? Alternative question: if a piece in (tempered) c-major sounds (feels) different when played in d-major, it this because of the minor differences in pitches due to the tempered scale? Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------