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Agreed. Western musicians have a sort of indoctrination/familiarity towards ET, leaving the untrained folks better equipped to recognize Just intoned harmony.
by srcreigh 3y ago
Agreed. Western musicians have a sort of indoctrination/familiarity towards ET, leaving the untrained folks better equipped to recognize Just intoned harmony.
Also agreed re: pleasant intervals. My favourite example (which I have posted before) is this Mozart piece in 6th comma meantone. The back and forth between dissonance and pure harmonic resolution with great 3rds tuning is extraordinary. Anyone, give it one listen, you will be convinced.
https://youtu.be/lzsEdK48CDY?si=rtBE-M0cCRQsDHNx&t=700 https://youtu.be/lzsEdK48CDY?si=rtBE-M0cCRQsDHNx&t=700
(Note the last, cheerful section was added after mozart's death.)
- pclmulqdq 3y agoI don't personally like the tuning on that - it feels a little too rough. However, many classical and even romantic-period composers had pianos tuned in Werckmeister, Kirnberger, or Vallotti temperaments, which had toned-down versions of similar dissonances you hear here (similar to the second rendition of the Mozart in that video).