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Of course you can tune any instrument to any scale. "Western piano" implies a standard tuned piano.
by phailhaus 3y ago
Of course you can tune any instrument to any scale. "Western piano" implies a standard tuned piano.
- karencarits 3y agoPerhaps, but baroque ensembles often play with weird tunings where the intervals are different from the modern ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament
- ben7799 3y agoOctaves stay the same though. Other temperaments are not "weird", they just make different rules about how perfectly in tune different intervals are with each other.
- karencarits 3y agoTrue, they are not weird but may sound somewhat foreign as some intervals suddenly are purer than others Personally, I think it's sad that we are so little exposed to various temperaments as they give each key a bit more personality
- ByQuyzzy 3y agoThere's no such thing as an Eastern, Southern, or Northern piano. The poor author was trying to say something but ended up flubbing it.
- phailhaus 3y agoI really don't think anyone is actually confused when he says that a "Western piano" can't replicate certain harmonies. We all know what he's saying here, because pianos aren't known for having custom tunings. This kind of pedantry is not useful.