source file: m1362.txt Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 09:48:29 -0800 Subject: Well temperaments, just diminished From: "Bob Lee" Okay, I'm starting to get the gist of what well temperaments are all about, but I don't really see how they are constructed. Could someone post a list of pitches in cents that represents a fairly popular historical well temperament? On another subject, some of the music I play contains "diminished 7th" chords (stacked minor thirds). Is this chord a modern invention? It seems to me that such a thing is impossible in anything but equal temperament. I'm having a hard time getting acceptable diminished chords out of my E9 pedal steel using the standard JI tuned pedals. I know I could tune a pedal specifically for these chords, but that's really an awkward solution. Comments? -b0b- http://wco.com/~quasar/