Fred, I took the "M=Modern Meantone" and "R=Regular Meantone" right out of the PRCT manual. That's what I was asking about - maybe "modern" in this case means a version of meantone created/modified by someone who is still living (Jorgenson, Coleman or the like) as opposed to Silbermann or others from the past? Still learning, Jeff Fred Sturm wrote: > Hi Jeff, > The abbreviation "mod." means modified, not modern. In other > words, you begin with a flavor of "regular" mean tone, then modify one > or more notes. Common notes to modify would be those constituting the > "wolf" P4/P5 (usually Eflat/G# or Aflat/C#) to make it less wild. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm@unm.edu > > PS Anyone have word on how the project of porting Jorgenson's Tuning > to CD is going? > > On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:34 PM, Jeff Stickney wrote: > >> List (especially PRCT users), >> >> I have just had a request to tune a harpsichord for Monica Hugget >> (Baroque violinist) in "one six, mean tone" tuning. I'm assuming >> this means 1/6 mean tone temperament. Any idea which HT in the >> array of options in PRCT would be appropriate? Would it be "R07 1808 >> William Hawkes (1/6 Mercator)"? Other suggestions? And what is the >> difference between "regular mean tone" and "modern mean tone" as they >> are labeled in the PRCT list of temperaments? Thank you for your help! >> >> Jeff Stickney >> University of Montana >> >> PS The recital/lecture is tomorrow - last-minute info as usual. :-( >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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