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blueman · 10th November 2009

Hi everybody.

I’ve got a Yamaha C6 and I’m starting a project with medium to full density pop arrangements: Acoustic and electric guitars, orchestral strings, pads, bass, drums, etc …The kind of arrangement where no instrument (but the voice) is the protagonist, playing in a “minimum detail fashion” but building with the others an organic and rich arrangement.

While stretch tuning is where the piano sounds best itself (I mean harmonizing with itself) in a solo context, I wonder if, for this type of arrangement, top pro studios and producers use the equal temperament tuning, since the instrument is going to interact harmonically more with other instruments than with itself.

So please, don’t tell me which tuning you like more, tell me, if you know it, which one is used in commercial releases of this kind of arrangements – equal of stretch?

Thank you very much

10th November 2009	#1
blueman Gear maniac Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 176 Thread Starter	Piano tuning on a dense pop arrangement – equal or stretch? Hi everybody. I’ve got a Yamaha C6 and I’m starting a project with medium to full density pop arrangements: Acoustic and electric guitars, orchestral strings, pads, bass, drums, etc …The kind of arrangement where no instrument (but the voice) is the protagonist, playing in a “minimum detail fashion” but building with the others an organic and rich arrangement. While stretch tuning is where the piano sounds best itself (I mean harmonizing with itself) in a solo context, I wonder if, for this type of arrangement, top pro studios and producers use the equal temperament tuning, since the instrument is going to interact harmonically more with other instruments than with itself. So please, don’t tell me which tuning you like more, tell me, if you know it, which one is used in commercial releases of this kind of arrangements – equal of stretch? Thank you very much