source file: m1579.txt
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 11:22:21 -0600 (CST)

Subject: Re: Siberian temperament

From: Paul Hahn <Paul-Hahn@library.wustl.edu>

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Paul Hahn wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Manuel Op de Coul wrote:
>> At least I'm not aware of any with three or less which have consecutive tempered
>> fifths. This would lead to harmonic waste, doesn't it?
> 
> Yes, it does--[snip]

Note, however, that harmonic waste does not make a temperament unusable,
except perhaps among German speakers. 8-)>  The French "temperament
ordinaire" is very harmonically wasteful, for example.  I think some of
the temperaments John Sankey customized for specific Scarlatti sonatas
had some harmonic waste in them too.

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