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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Absolute Pitch vs Absolute Keys
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Date: Tue, 8-May-84 08:55:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  8 08:55:58 1984
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> The difference is due to the tempering of the scale (on a piano, and on most
> other instruments). The "equal tempered" scale does NOT have equal intervals
> between all notes - there are slight differences which affect the "mood"
> of the piece; they are not normally noticed, because they are very small.
> "Equal tempering" refers to the ability to play in all keys using only
> 12 notes per octave - the differences among the many keys are averaged out
> so that all keys sound "equally (slightly) bad, rather than having some keys
> sound great, and other keys sound terrible.

hmmmm, obviously when doing a "golden ears" quality recording,
the piano should be tuned specially for the key of interest!
Shouldn't be a problem for a big rich studio to have several
pianos sitting around tuned to various keys.

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