6 Apr
2007
6 Apr
'07
5:27 a.m.
On 4/6/07, Brad Fuller <brad(a)sonaural.com> wrote:
Primarily I was trying to say that singers of any caliber are not
limited by tempered scales. In addition I was trying to say that
singers with any kind of ear are going to have a hard time singing a
fifth of 700 cents, or a major third of exactly 400 cents. Benade's
studies showed that very good musicians, even those who swore by
12-tone ET, when presented with sine tones 400 cents apart, identified
them as being slightly sharp thirds. Which they are. But it means
that extreme conditioning to 12-tone ET does not make one recognize it
as more in tune than just intervals. Of course there are a few
musicians out there, including singers, who devote lots of study to
12-tone serialism etc, but I'd have to see some hard data before being
convinced that they hit 400-cent thirds and 700-cent fifths perfectly.
-Chuckk
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http://www.badmuthahubbard.com
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
Well, it is
impossible if you are using a fixed-pitch instrument.
With talented singers, it's almost impossible to have any fifth or
third not perfect.
Do understand you here. Do you mean that talented singers can only sing
perfect fifths or thirds? Or that talented singers can't?
I know quite a few singers (talented) that can sing whatever you put in
front of them.