Klarinet Archive - Posting 000555.txt from 2000/08

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] The wrong way round, sorry
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:25:18 -0400

On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:45:49 -0400, bhausmann1@-----.com said:

> That's not the way I understood it. I think they mean ON is the
> default setting -- normal piano stretch tuning. OFF actually removes
> the stretch and makes the piano play straight equal temperament, so it
> will be in tune with other instruments, including others in its OWN
> MIDI set, without sounding out of tune, as you and Lelia have noticed.
> "Standard" tuning curve, in this sense, would mean standard to all
> other instruments EXCEPT piano. While playing in ensemble it would
> sound fine, but would likely sound somewhat "off" to our ears all by
> itself.

Well -- you're not there yet, mind! -- you might be *closer* to getting
me to agree with you:-)

But what does 'tuning curve' mean, then? The word 'curve' to me
suggests a change of tuning over the range of the instrument, rather
than just doubling of the fundamental frequency every octave, which is
what would be required for sounds-with-partials-whose-frequencies-are-
whole-number-multiples-of-the-fundamental, like clarinets, to sound in
tune. (OK, Bill?)

And I still think that 'somewhat "off"' would be a bit of an
understatement. David Renaud said, octaves must be stretched to some
degree beyond theoretical for them to work.

Can you measure it for us with a meter, Bill? It should be quite an
easy task to see if it's stretched at all when OFF.

Tony
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