> On 30 Apr 2018, at 21:47, Malte Meyn <lilyp...@maltemeyn.de> wrote: > > Am 30.04.2018 um 21:32 schrieb Hans Åberg: >> One has to adapt the pitch on every note played, and the reference is >> typically the string section, which in turn is tuned in Pythagorean, > > Many string players tune their perfect fifths a bit small so that they’re > near to equal temperament (700 ct) or even smaller instead of just (702 ct).
So how do they tune their violins? And why would an orchestra do this: it increases the beats in the chords. >> but can adapt into 5-limit Just Intonation if the music played follows the >> Traditional Harmony rules. > > They could, yes. But I think that most intonation in choir and orchestra is > not just intonation but more or less an approximation; for example leading > notes are often played higher than just because they have more of the leading > character then. And just intonation has other problems that make it > impractical. It is adaptive JI: If pivoting the chord sequence C F Dm G C, it slips a syntonic comma. So the orchestra must slide the pitch somewhere. Sounds terrible on music like organs, though. >> That becomes more difficult in distant keys. > > Why should it? Just intonation works in every key. Because there is no reference to the Pythagorean notes. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
