The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #19570 Message #203203
Posted By: Peter T.
29-Mar-00 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: Piano Tuning vs Guitar Tuning
Subject: RE: Piano Tuning vs Guitar Tuning
toad, I also find all this fascinating, since I stumbled here. Not to wander to far into expert's territory, I wonder if there is a divide between people who hear sounds and people who hear notes. I am thinking of the revolution John Cage brought in, when he got people thinking about noise and silence as sounds, and musical sounds as a subcategory of that. Of course it is obvious when someone says it, but, as a complete novice in this area, I found it to be a revelation when I stopped thinking about notes as being "right" or "wrong" and just became fascinated by their different qualities, whatever system they are then put into (which would of course change the way you hear them). You musicians have such acute listening abilities that it puts people like me to shame. I read this thread -- whatever your disagreements -- with genuine pleasure and some awe. yours, Peter T.