Re: [LAU] Reading music (was Qtractor vs Rosegarden)

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 04:38:42PM -0700, Stephen Doonan wrote:

> My teacher was my mother. :-) She was usually working in the kitchen
> while I played, or busy doing laundry or painting (she was an oil
> painter). She would listen and offer comments and encouragement while I
> was practicing my mandatory 1-2 hours per day, but she never sat beside
> me or looked over my shoulder while I was playing except when I was just
> beginning to learn. :-)

Ah ! 1-2 hours per day ! Those were the times ! (I remember them well)

> Very interesting. Are there any "unequal temperaments" that you
> particularly like? I feel, even after 48 years, that I have explored
> very little of the harmonic and melodic territory offered by the 12
> tones of the equal temperament tuning.

The one I like is the default one in Aeolus, Werckmeister III.
This can be used in all keys, but they sound different. Aeolus
also has Meantone (1/4) - try A-flat using that... and some
others inclufing equal temperament which I really dislike for
anything except Wagner :-)

Ciao,

-- 
FA
Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica
Parma, Italia
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa.
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