Re: [tuning] Reply to Xavier on Ave Verum analysis

Thank you for your response, and excuse me for my slow response!

Paul H. Erlich wrote:

> most of us seem to agree that a fine ensemble will "hide" the comma > through gradual compromises and thereby avoid drift.
I know there is a discussion on Tuning List about "comma pump", I had
put emails in a file but, unfortunately, I didn't still have the time
to read them. I have no experience about what choirs do really, I just
suppose that it depends on the score they sing?

> Your approach assumes.............
> fixing all minor triads to 16:19:24, all dominant sevenths to 4:5:6:7
> ........
> or even all major triads to 4:5:6.................
By the way, what do you think
> happens when major and minor triads link together, as in a minor
> seventh
> chord or major seventh chord?

I wrote that secondary seventh chords will be deduce from the context.
In the case of C-E-G-B, I don't see any problem, it may be 8-10-12-15
most of the time. My ears don't analyse that chord as a major and minor
chords sounding together.
For minor triads, I postulate it's 16-19-24 (my ears agree with my
brain...), but only for Ist degree and may be for minor dominant, for
other degrees, I think that, as for secondary seventh, it depends on the
context. On the IId degree, I suppose it will be 16-19-24 or 6-7-9 or
may be an other thing. On the IIIrd degree, may be it's 10-12-15?

Xavier Charles