> > Luther wrote: > > > > Bach was alive during the transition from Meantone to Equal > > temperament
Not really. The mathematically sound equal temperament didn't show up until about 1910. Bach _was_ writing music as temperaments other than meantone were being discovered. > Greg Fiorentino wrote: > > More than that, he wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier to > demonstrate that a tempered instrument could play music in any > key. There I have to disagree. The Well-Tempered Clavier demonstrates the unique characteristics of each of the various key signatures because of a well tempered scale - _not_ an equal tempered scale. An equal-tempered scale is soulless. All keys sound equally poor. I know of about 8 different _categories_ of temperaments. In each there can be quite a few variations. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
