Re: Intervals enharmony question

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Wols,

> It's not *possible* to tune a brass instrument to equal temperament -
> it has at max 5 tuning slides to tune 12 pitches and
> typically about 40 notes!

Perhaps you ran (are running) into a semantic conflict?

I notice there are many [civil and educated] discussions on trumpet and horn 
forums (mailing lists, etc.) about how to deal with equal and just 
temperaments, which to use in auditions [!!], etc. Are they all mistaken?

I didn’t get that far into trumpet playing — I switched to trombone as soon as 
I could, because it better suited my embouchure — but I got far enough to 
realize that I could do a *lot* of "tuning" with those limited valves and 
slides. Based on that experience, I feel sure that if I got [a lot?] better, I 
would be able to play in equal or just temperament, as desired.

Cheers,
Kieren.
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