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There used to be a lot of tempers floating around. For example a lot bach's music is not really supposed to be played in modern equal temper https://www.ethanhe
by dmarchand90 4y ago
There used to be a lot of tempers floating around. For example a lot bach's music is not really supposed to be played in modern equal temper https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2020/what-does-the-well-tempered-clavier-sound-like-in-actual-well-temperament/#:~:text=The%20main%20tuning%20system%20in,fifths%2C%20the%20worse%20everything%20sounds https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2020/what-does-the-well-tempere....
- analog31 4y agoI consider the 12 tone scale to be a technology. The historical temperaments were compromise solutions to the problem of getting a useable scale within the skills and patience of the musician. A harpsichord had to be tuned before every performance, by the musician.
- dmarchand90 4y agoI can't find a public source, but in "the great courses " series on bach they mention that he had written notes on the 'feeling' each of the many different tempers could give and in a sense we have lost some flexibility in our ability to compose music
- WalterSear 4y agoIt's still twelve notes.