On Saturday 17 April 2010, at 04.38.34, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > How easy is it to understand (hear and sing) the difference between an > equal-tempered major triad, and a just or a Werckmeister-III etc? Basically, if you hear some really great sounding harmonies, the notes played (or sung, more commonly) are *not* on the equal-tempered scale. ;-) Beyond that, I don't really know... The theory doesn't seem all that complicated; it's mostly about the intervals, and different compromises trying to make harmonies sound better than they do in twelve-tone equal-tempered, as I understand it. What you want is to eliminate unwanted low beat frequencies between notes in a chord; that's what makes it sound pure. When it comes to synthesizers, there are some solutions that re-tune the scale dynamically, based on the harmonies at hand - again focusing on making the harmonies sound better. Either way, I don't think it's something one is actively thinking about when singing or playing (other) "continuous pitch" instruments. One rather focuses on making the harmonies sound good - and if they do, one is most likely off the TTEQ tuning. :-) -- //David Olofson - Developer, Artist, Open Source Advocate .--- Games, examples, libraries, scripting, sound, music, graphics ---. | http://olofson.net http://kobodeluxe.com http://audiality.org | | http://eel.olofson.net http://zeespace.net http://reologica.se | '---------------------------------------------------------------------' _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
