20 Dec
2004
20 Dec
'04
2:50 a.m.
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 07:05, Michal Seta wrote:
As it's been pointed out, the 12TET tuning system
is incompatible with
overtone series of a vibrating string so even the Feiten tuning must
be out of tune. Probably differently and perhaps the differences are
actually appealing to some players but still out of tune.
I read an article a while back where listening tests showed that most
people prefer a slightly stretched octave. My guess though is that
they'll prefer a stretched octave where the beating will correspond to
their current brainwave frequency. Which when awake is normally 10 - 16
Hz, IIRC. But that's just a theory right now.
I hope that some day the digital technology will bring
us a just
intonation guitar that will retune itself depending on which key
you're playing in :) But by then, I will probably go back to acoustic
instruments (providing I'm still alive). For now, I have modified one
of my instruments to do just intonation and it's alot of fun. And I
don't play tonal music so modulations to different keys are of no
consequence to me :)
Heh. No matter which way one looks at the whole conundrum, there's a
tradeoff to be made. I have an old nylon-string acoustic that I
unfretted. Playing it isn't too hard, except for some chords. The big
problem is sustain, which is well, what sustain? This fixes the sustain
problem, according to the reviews I've read:
http://www.vigierguitars.com/GCatalog/Gve6f.htm
bye
John