Re: OT: high-precision tuner app

[Olivier Biot]

On Thursday, 26 May 2016, Johan Vromans <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 May 2016 08:57:31 +0100
> Michael Hendry <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Another phenomenon about which I have doubts involves people who claim
> > that when they hear music in “sharp” keys (e.g. G, D, A, E) their
> > experience is of brightness, while the flat keys make for a more sombre
> > sound. I’ve even heard in a radio interview that this applies to F# and
> > Gb (the one bright, the other dull).
>
> Interesting...
>
> I can put a capo on the 3rd fret on my guitar and play a piece in
> (effectively) G. Now I put the capo on the 2nd fret. Does the piece sound
> dull because it's now in Gb? Or does it sound brighter because it's in F#?
>
> In my experience it sounds the same, but lower.

Try playing without capo. If at all possibleon a guitar, technically speaking. The sympathetic resonances on the non-played strings will be starkly diminished.

Putting a capo effectively transposes your instrument, which defies the OP's point (and mine).

Hope this makes sense. 

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