Re: recording and apparent intonation

geoff <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:

Violins don't have frets. The pitch comes from where you put your
fingers as much as how tight the strings are, so the pitch is under
dynamic control of the performer. It's not like a piano.... the
violinist's pitch is constantly adjustable. Playing violin and
keeping it in tune is HARD.

Open strings are definitive for pitch.

Yes, but sadly having open strings on pitch is necessary but not
sufficient for having notes on pitch.
--scott


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