How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)W. W. Norton & Company, 17 oct 2008 - 208 páginas "A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."—Classical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"—the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning method? Thanks to How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony, "we may soon be able to hear for ourselves what Beethoven really meant when he called B minor 'black'" (Wall Street Journal).In this "comprehensive plea for more variety in tuning methods" (Kirkus Reviews), Ross W. Duffin presents "a serious and well-argued case" (Goldberg Magazine) that "should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning" (Saturday Guardian). |
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How Temperament Started | 31 |
NonKeyboard Tuning | 46 |
How Long O Lord How Long? | 64 |
A Bridge to the Nineteenth Century | 76 |
Really Better or Simply Easier? | 94 |
Some Are More Equal than Others | 104 |
The Joachim Mode | 119 |
The Limbo of That Which Is Disregarded | 138 |
Where Do We Go from Here? | 145 |
Table of Intervals in Cents | 163 |
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Sources and Permissions | 177 |
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How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and why You Should Care) Ross W. Duffin Vista previa restringida - 2007 |
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