Equal temperament vs Harmonic Series

[DaveTheFloomper]

Second one feels way more natural? I love both either way.

[command.game]

I would tweak that a bit to make it even more in tune.

[ssmith]

I think the just tuning might have had a better chance of sounding like something if the D-flat in the 2nd chord were re-imagined as a C# -- i.e., not a minor 7th above the bass, but an augmented 6th. Likewise the note spelled as a D-flat in the penultimate chord is really (theoretically speaking) a C#. Note how these "re-imaginings" (corrections) eliminate the false relation between 2nd alto and tenor moving from "is" to "this, " AND the 2nd alto's augmented 2nd between "more" and "in". If the parallel 5ths were eliminated between "this" and "more" in the outer voices (naughty, naughty!), the tuning would work still better! 

Furthermore, I think it's a misunderstanding to assume that reliance on the harmonic series only, as applied chord by chord, should necessarily create good tunings -- especially of jazz chords, and especially of *progressions* of chords. In progressions there are common tones between and among the chords, and the discriminating ear (rightly!) resists successive re-tunings of those pitches -- particularly when, as here, they are the dominant and subdominant of the key. Good ears don't care as much about the function of (in this example) the G's and F's in each chord as about their function in the KEY!

[brandonhartley]

This is so awesome, what software are you using that allows you to edit the cents like that?