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Hm... here's a question: The G# minor fugue in Book II of Bach's WTC has a rather long sequence around the circle fifths. It starts on E# minor. Did the well-
by jancsika 8y ago
Hm... here's a question:
The G# minor fugue in Book II of Bach's WTC has a rather long sequence around the circle fifths. It starts on E# minor.
Did the well-tempered tuning system open up the possibility for Bach to start writing longer chromatic sequences like that? Would that sequence have sounded out of tune in the meantone tuning system?