Why piano chords sound a little muddy — equal temperament, just intonation, and when the beats vanish
Playing the chord stage in Harmonize, you keep meeting a certain moment. As you nudge your own note little by little, the sound that was throbbing “wah-wah” suddenly goes quiet at one spot. The seams between the three notes disappear, and they melt into a single pillar of sound. What is your ear catching in that instant? And here is the twist — that clean, blended sound is something a piano literally cannot produce. Let’s talk about why. ...