Samples
Basic Cadence Sample
A simple cadence in 4 voices is tuned in ratios with factors of 2, 3, and 5. A major chord in equal temperament is added for comparison.
Just intonation 1: Pythagorean tuning
A diatonic Pythagorean tuning is built from octaves and pure fifths. Triads on all diatonic steps.
Just intonation 2: Just tuning
A diatonic just tuning is built from octaves, pure fifths, pure thirds, and pure sevenths. Tetrachords on all diatonic steps. Contains also a sheet with tetrachords in Pythagorean tuning and a sheet in equal temperatment.
OBS: the demo-version of TonesInTune cannot play this sample properly since it contains more than 50 notes.
Shackford sample
A sample from Charles Shackford: Some Aspects of Perception in Journal of Music Theory, 1961.
Implemented in just intonation, equal tempearment, and as performed by a string trio.
Notice how the tonic drifts when using just intonation.
The sample has been split into 3 seperate sheets, each with less than 50 events, so that it can be played by the demo-version of .
Download Shackford sample, just intonation
Download Shackford sample, actual performance
Download Shackford sample, equal temperament
Hagerman-Sundberg sample
A sample from B. Hagerman and Johan Sundberg: Fundamental frequency adjustment in barbershop singing
in Speech Transmission Laboratory: Quarterly progress and status report, April 1980.
Implemented in equal temperament and as performed.
Download Hagerman-Sundberg sample
OBS: the demo-version of TonesInTune cannot play this sample properly since it contains more than 50 notes.
