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Topic: Tempered tuning... |
Wayne Franco
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silverdale, WA. USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 12:44 pm |
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I know this is an awfully beaten dead horse. But after all this discussion I thought it was going to bite me.
I played a little duo gig with a guy that plays sax,flute and piano. Kinda high strung kind of guy. He is legally blind, has a masters degree in music and certainly a full time professional musician. Well I was a little nervious to start with. After I had tuned with my peterson tuner he asked for a note. I gave him an E off the E9 and he immediately says "thats a little sharp", its more work to have to streach my notes, can you give me a note that is in tune. I was amazed he could hear the difference and didn't know what to do. I finally let him tune to the music program in my computer and he was happy with that. I assured him he wouldn't hear the difference when we started playing in my best confident voice. I was right he seemed happy once we got started.
Anyway, my first thought was "I can't believe this is actually happening to me". |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 4:13 pm
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| If he could hear that your E was a little sharp, he really didn't need your note at all. Sounds like he was messin' with ya a little bit. |
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Wayne Franco
From:
silverdale, WA. USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 6:02 pm
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| Bobby...we talked a little about that at the show in Mesa. You're right, I think he was. |
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jim milewski
From:
stowe, vermont
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 6:10 pm
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| I once told the banjo player in the group I thought he was flat, he replied, "no, I'm Scruggs |
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Aaron Schiff
From:
Cedaredge, CO, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 6:50 pm
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| I have a friend who was a touring jazz trumpeter in the '50s and '60s. He is cursed with perfect pitch. After 20 years of professional playing he tossed his trumpet under a passing semi in frustration. I would never want an ear that good. |
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Wayne Franco
From:
silverdale, WA. USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2005 10:22 am
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| A long time ago when all I played was the banjo I knew this really good fiddle player at the shows. She was a contest fiddler and I would alway work her out on her perfect pitch. I'd turn my back to her and not let her see what note I was playing. She was NEVER wrong. She even knew when I stretched the string to try and fool her. She knew that too!!. Amazing. [This message was edited by W Franco on 24 January 2005 at 04:48 PM.] |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2005 10:25 am
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Them ET banjar players love to play in the open E position!
Sweeeet!
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 22 Jan 2005 10:49 am
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Aaron- sometimes it seemed I couldn't stand my old Electra-harp being out of tune and felt like throwing it under a truck too.....but I had to keep going so becoame more fogiving...so as we used to say back in those days, "that's good enough for jazz"...LOL...al 
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Gene H. Brown
From:
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Posted 27 Jan 2005 7:33 pm
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I think I will have a Temper Tantram!!!!!!
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