source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 21:26:28 +0200 Subject: Re: Point of Well Temperaments From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) > The entire point of well temperaments is that they are >> about equally well in tune in all keys. > I have to disagree. ... the difference between F and F# >is too great to call equally well in tune. ... the point of well temperament >was to provide a suitable palette of tonal differences between the keys. Ed Foote is almost certainly a better authority on well temperaments than I am. But anyway, notice that I said "about equally well in tune", and not "identical sounding", in all keys. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 21:27 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA04298; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 21:28:08 +0200 Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 21:28:08 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA04261 Received: (qmail 18351 invoked from network); 3 Jul 1997 14:36:16 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Jul 1997 14:36:16 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu