High Sharp

 This rule plays high tones sharp and low tones flat, just like some musicians tend to do when they play.
The pitch effects produced appear quite subtle to most listeners, but listen to the descending octave leaps at the end of the example; they tend to sound quite funny in the Exaggerated and particularly the Impossible version.
You may find the No High-Sharp alternative a bit dull, and the Medium more attractive.

Example: F Mendelsohn, End of the Scherzo movement, op 61, from the Midsummer Night Dream

No-High-Sharp k = 0 WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)
Medium k = 2.5 WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)
Exaggerated k = 5.0 WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)
Impossible k = 10.0 WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)
Inverted k = -5.0 WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)

The graph shows, in hundredths of a semitone, the deviations from the equally tempered tuning.

No-High-Sharp, k = 0
WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)


Medium, k = 2.5
WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)


Exaggerated, k = 5.0
WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)


Impossible, k = 10.0
WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)


Inverted, k = -5.0
WAV file (1M, CD quality) AU file (91k, good quality)

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