Topic: What does the Unison Width number mean? Unison Width & Temperament
Or is it arbitrary? The online help says nothing about it.
The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to experiment with unison width in different temperaments. I'm interested in learning if unison width has a useful relationship with the major third.
For example, if:
-the third of a given temperament is 5 cents sharp of the just third
-and the highest of the three strings (using unison width) is also 5 cents sharp
-will that create more internal resonances between the tonic and third?
-and will it have a particular sound when you play the thirds that haven't been tempered out of range
For example, if these settings matched and you played a C with the damper pedal down, would there be a stronger resonance with the E strings above it. And would the consonance of the major third take on a special timbre that wouldn't be present if these values didn't match?
But I think I need to understand the unison width in cents before I can experiment with it.