Author: Ken Lagace
Date: 2019-05-26 21:11
>>Is the absence of such a requirement a serious flaw in college and conservatory programs?
Absolutely!
Do graduates know there are dozens of tuning systems, and that the clarinet is involved in four of them?
Just intonation, for registers, is the tuning of musical intervals that nature produces in overtones.
Well temperament, for playing with pianos etc, is a tuning system where the twelve notes per octave are spaced to sound good in any key.
Pythagorean tuning, sounds best in solos, is a system in which the frequency ratios are based on the ratio 3:2. [Large whole steps, small ½ steps, small minor 3rds and sharp leading tones]
Equal temperament, using Digital Tuners, in which the twelve notes are separated by logarithmically equal distances, 100 cents.
String players learn this. For instance, on double stops, they place the top finger on a Pythagorean tuning spot and the lower finger on a Just tuning spot.
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