>> Jon Murphy wrote:
>>
>>> What are "distant keys"?
>>
>> Keys that have few notes in common with the "home" key. A piece in C
>> major will typically modulate to G or F or minor, but gets far afield
Or not modulate at all, like Scheidt's Passamezzo Antico.
>
>> if it drifts into A-flat or F-sharp, and in any equal temperament those
You meant UNequal.
>> sections will sound dissonant and unsettled because the tuning, which
>> is designed for major thirds that are very close to to the "perfect"
>> 5:4 frequency ratio of the overtone series (i.e E is 5/4 the frequency
>> of C) in the keys used most, creates thirds that are considerably
>> stretched and unsettled ("out of tune") in distant keys. Equal
>> temperament pretty much destroys this expressive effect. Most baroque
You forgot the modifier EARLY. In the later baroque where the expression is
based on modulation the ET is essential.
RT
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