Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!ericm From: ericm@FtCollins.NCR.com (Eric.Mintz) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Abs. pitch, intervals, and other musings (was Re: Perfect Pitch) Message-ID: Date: 5 Jul 90 10:09:15 GMT References: <137559@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1990Jun22.171537.1596@ultra.com> <1415@yenta.alb.nm.us> <3434@psivax.UUCP> Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 31 In-reply-to: torkil@psivax.UUCP's message of 4 Jul 90 01:51:59 GMT In article <3434@psivax.UUCP> torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer) writes: > There is a simple explanation. When 2 strings are bowed together, > they interact via the bow so that they try to pull into a phase lock, > which is a Just interval. If they are too far away to do this, the > resulting disharmony makes the instrument and the bow shake in an > offending way, and in addition the bowing is likely to miss. > This holds true for unisons as well as intervals, and if you play a > violin you can try the effect by playing an f# on the d string > together with an open a. Though I understand, in principal, the concept of tempered and "pure" tuning, I have never (no my knowledge) heard pure tuning. Is there any way I could tune my guitar to demonstrate the sound of pure tuning? -- Eric.Mintz@FtCollins.NCR.COM ____________ _____ ____ / / - / / / / / | / / O ---- _________ O _ _ / (_ ___ / / / / / / / | / ___ | / / / |/ | / _ ) / \ / / / / / ( / (| | / () ) / /___/ (_/ |_/ / | ( _/ () ) |/ / / \___/ /\___ \_/ /\__/ |___________/^_/\___/ |_____/\__/ O Eric Mintz, Software Development, NCR Microelectronics 2001 Danfield Court, |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ft. Colling, CO 80525 | "Get your crummy feet off my bed ya (303) 223-5100 ext 422 | little goof." Wally Cleaver