source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:06:55 +0200 Subject: Re: Wolf Tuning 1125 - "In praise of meantone..." From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >I wonder why meantone tunings were abandoned. >Could it have been due to the limitations imposed on composers and >performers, when using twelve fixed pitches per octave? Almost certainly that was the most basic reason. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:07 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05758; Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:08:13 +0200 Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:08:13 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA05731 Received: (qmail 10325 invoked from network); 6 Jul 1997 16:07:59 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 6 Jul 1997 16:07:59 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu