source file: mills3.txt Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 00:19:38 +0100 Subject: Bach? Puhleeze? From: A440A@aol.com Hstick writes: > from what I understand, eq temps evolved precisely to >play music that modulated a lot (Bach), and the trade off is less purity >of tuning for increased compositional flexibility. I have to speak up when ET and Bach are found in the same sentence, I suppose Pavlov was right....... The well tempering schemes of the early 1700's offered a lot of tonal resources. Some of these temperaments had a palette of thirds that ranged from pure to tempered by a full syntonic comma. This is very different from ET, is it not? In fact, these early temperaments, ala Werckmiester, can be seen as the basis of compositional imperatives. ( observe the different constructions of the WTC 1). I suppose my ignorance is in the variations of dissonance that exist in all of these exotic ET's that are so often discussed on this list, but the soul of ET's is very different from the variety found in a Well Temperament. Am I to understand that the goal of getting into more than 12 TET is to find purity in all intervals? If so, is that not BORING? Regards, Ed Foote Precision Piano Works Nashville, Tn. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Carl Lumma Subject: Re: reply PostedDate: 30-11-97 10:00:49 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 30-11-97 09:59:13-30-11-97 09:59:14,30-11-97 09:59:10-30-11-97 09:59:10 DeliveredDate: 30-11-97 09:59:10 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125655F.00315A16; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 09:59:03 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA02432; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 10:00:49 +0100 Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 10:00:49 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA02430 Received: (qmail 14302 invoked from network); 30 Nov 1997 01:00:46 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Nov 1997 01:00:46 -0800 Message-Id: <19971130090034890.AAA295@NIETZSCHE> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu