Re: [tuning] Digest Number 1409

Hi Johnny,

> I've enjoyed your responses to this thread. Now, that you mention it, by
> playing accurate JI, I already play finer than a single cent. Rudolf Rasch
> of Utrecht in the Netherlands wrote of heart jitter. This could be as much as
> some cents of interruption based on heartbeat action. A wind instrument is
> not as directly connected to the musical tone as singing a tone (except maybe
> recorder). The breathing is developed in a manner that keeps the pressure on
> the diaphragm constant. So, the bassoon is even more accurate, at least as
> concerns jitter.

Interesting you should mention heart beat jitter. I've had that in the past
when playing the recorder, but it doesn't seem to happen any more. Maybe
I've learnt to breath in the appropriate fashion for a wind instrument!

> Since JI ratios are actually heard at points between whole number cents, I
> can perform even more accurately than I have previously stated. I am well
> aware of producing a JI interval, independent of counting cents.

Great!

I'll make sure I keep trying to learn and target j.i. intervals as well as
cents in my practicing!

Robert