Meantone Is Beautiful!: Studies on Tunings of Musical Instruments
Language: English
Published by Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P, 2002
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- Title
- Meantone Is Beautiful!: Studies on Tunings of Musical Instruments
- Author
- Frosch, Reinhart
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3906769925
- ISBN 13
- 9783906769929
- Item weight
- 1.01 pounds
On organs, harmonicas, and music synthesizers, the old quarter-comma meantone tuning system yields chords which are more beautiful than those of the equal temperament favoured today. That is true not only for music of the 16th and 17th centuries, but also for light music of our times. This book attempts to define the beauty of the quarter-comma meantone temperament by means of scientific arguments, at a level also understandable by non-scientists. A highlight of the book is the description of new experiments and theories concerning the sensory consonance or dissonance of musical two-tones.
This English translation is based on the third edition of the German original.
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