Ed Foote... him said: <<"Someday ET will also be a historical temperament.">> I found the folowing @ Stephen Bicknell, oneskull@dircon.co.uk , and thoroughly enjoyed my visit there. I have no idea of Mr. Bicknell's credentials but he does have some interesting things to say throughout his pages. " "Equal" Temperament has been known since 350 BC, but did not become widespread until the late 18th century (50-100 years later in the English speaking world). The advantages are obvious — all keys are usable without fear or favour, and full enharmonic modulation is possible. The disadvantages are also clear: not one interval is dead in tune (indeed in any major scale the thirds and leading notes are extremely sharp)" Gee Ed I would assume that anything having been around for 2,361 years or 2.361 millenia could be considered historic but...........I guess not huh? :-) <<"Those that investigate variety will lose nothing by doing so, but stand the chance of breaking new ground.">> Absolutely and those who don't at least investigate to a certain extent will be the poorer for not having done so. <<"Familiarity with a variety of tuning styles lends perspective that is not available to those limited to only one style, regardless of what it is.">> Ed I agree. Temperament variety and choices are as much a part of a tuners kit as are differing voicing techniques and we all know that no one voicing technique is suitable for all customers (sorry about that Ed I just constitutionally could not agree totally with you two subjects in a row :-) Looking forward to the CD. Jim Bryant (FL)
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