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> But I've played on keyboards tuned to exact just temperament in a particular key Well, that's your problem. You're using a keyboard, which doesn't permit you
by chimeracoder 4y ago
> But I've played on keyboards tuned to exact just temperament in a particular key
Well, that's your problem. You're using a keyboard, which doesn't permit you to harmonize dynamically the way an unfretted string instrument does.
Even within a particular key, the pitch that sounds the best for a particular note will depend on which other notes within that key you're attempting to harmonize with. A keyboard can't do that.
- wizofaus 4y agoNo and it's possible that as a pianist my ears are more attuned to prefer equal temperament than those of a string player. But I admit when singing a capella there are occasions particular chords just seem to sit better than when having to match a piano accompaniment, and to some extent that's likely to be the ability to use "purer" intervals.
- wizofaus 4y agoBtw, this is from the wikipedia article on Equal Temperament, and I'd say it aligns with my general understanding/ expectation: "Unfretted string ensembles, which can adjust the tuning of all notes except for open strings, and vocal groups, who have no mechanical tuning limitations, sometimes use a tuning much closer to just intonation for acoustic reasons. Other instruments, such as some wind, keyboard, and fretted instruments, often only approximate equal temperament, where technical limitations prevent exact tunings.[4]"