Re: [Shaku] RE: Pitch - psychoacoustics

From: Karl Young (kyoung@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 10:24:30 PDT


> But we can still
> perceive that tuning systems are different (different
> temperaments) even if played in monophonic melody
> (hope I'm using those terms right!).

That does seem to be the case; in the early days of sound chips I
programmed major scales in equal and just temperament to see if I could
hear the difference. Even with my lame ear there were a couple of
intervals that it seemed I could distinguish.

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