source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:09:39 +0200 Subject: Re: Historical Questions From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >I have recently joined this group, Welcome aboard! >1) Well Temperament arose in the latter half of the 17th century and >... the further a piece’s key is removed from C, the stranger it>will sound to the modern ear, Actually, no. The entire point of well temperaments is that they are about equally well in tune in all keys. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:11 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA25344; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:11:26 +0200 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:11:26 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA25340 Received: (qmail 15730 invoked from network); 2 Jul 1997 04:10:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Jul 1997 04:10:17 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu