What do musicians not bound to a fixed scale
(e.g unfretted strings) actually play?
Measurements on violin soloists (Green 1937)
Minor third mean 296 cents (range 289-301)
Major third 406 400-417 (just: 386!!)
Fifth 708 692-731 (just: 702!!)
Maybe one likes what one is used toÖÖ
Evidence: originally, tempered scale sounded bad
now just or meantone sounds out of tune
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