source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 20:37:57 -0800 Subject: RE: historical? From: Gary Morrison <71670.2576@compuserve.com> > It's all played in the rather > radical 1/3-comma meantone (some people say meaner-than-meantone) > but it works well for the music. In combination with a minor key > the character is very heavy and dark though. "Meaner than meantone" is a cute phrase; I'll have to remember that. I suppose it's worth pointing out Ivor Darreg's pet peave that third-comma meantone is essentially identical with 19-tone equal-temperament (or presumably a 12-toned subset in this case). If I recall correctly, 19 third-comma-flat fifths fail to close by less than 1 cent! Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 17 Feb 1996 08:19 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id XAA27939; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 23:19:24 -0800 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 23:19:24 -0800 Message-Id: <960217071811_71670.2576_HHB40-1@CompuServe.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu