It’s in equal temperament, right? Have you thought about using just intonation?
I had always bought the story that the two are close enough for most musical purposes, but a few weeks ago I unfretted my guitar and started playing music in JI, and it’s night and day. For example, in ET the major third from C to E sounds kind of restless, while in JI it’s peaceful with all harmonics overlapping as they should (4:5 frequency ratio). Same for the minor third (5:6), hearing the JI interval makes me feel like “ah, so that’s what the ET interval was trying to hint at”. And then there’s the harmonic seventh chord (4:5:6:7), which sounds very musical but can’t be imitated on an ET guitar or piano at all.
It’s in equal temperament, right? Have you thought about using just intonation?
I had always bought the story that the two are close enough for most musical purposes, but a few weeks ago I unfretted my guitar and started playing music in JI, and it’s night and day. For example, in ET the major third from C to E sounds kind of restless, while in JI it’s peaceful with all harmonics overlapping as they should (4:5 frequency ratio). Same for the minor third (5:6), hearing the JI interval makes me feel like “ah, so that’s what the ET interval was trying to hint at”. And then there’s the harmonic seventh chord (4:5:6:7), which sounds very musical but can’t be imitated on an ET guitar or piano at all.