![]() ![]() ![]() If you sing up the the scale of e major, you will find yourself making the d sharp (the leading tone) very sharp. a violinist, making their own notes, is able to observe the proper distinction. a pianist has to make one note serve for d sharp and e flat, when actually they are not the same. a piano tuner has to “split the difference” between varying notes so that all of the scales sound fairly accurate. this peculiarity is due to the fact the octave does does not split up in 12 equal parts–and consequently, the semitones are of varying sizes. if a piano were perfectly tuned it would be possible to play upon it only in one key. I’m going to paraphrase an article from a 1930s music magazine by sid hedges:Ī pianist can never play perfectly in tune. We’ve been having a sharps vs flats war on this blog, and I have good news for both sides: this war is not about nothing, because sharps and flats are not the same. ![]()
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