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well the Pythagorean comma and how to divide it amongst the octave was the central objective during the whole evolution of temperament (from meantone to modern
by jzemeocala 2y ago
well the Pythagorean comma and how to divide it amongst the octave was the central objective during the whole evolution of temperament (from meantone to modern day 12-tet).
So that takes us back to at least the 15th/16th century
- ofalkaed 2y agoThat is more theory than practice unless you want to reduce Pythagoras down to a comma. I was referring more to people who decided to take Pythagoras and related writings as gospel.
- dr_dshiv 2y agoAristoxenus (Pythagorean student of Aristotle) seemed to have developed a proto-equal temperament system. Written about by this guy (not peer reviewed, but has good presentation of the original Aristoxenus) https://siementerpstra.com/aristoxenus/ https://siementerpstra.com/aristoxenus/ http://terpstrakeyboard.com/about/ http://terpstrakeyboard.com/about/