ole historical ET [URL]

[Garret E. Traylor]

Jim;
Thanks! This is a very nice site, and worth visiting.
(Stephen Bicknell's URL for those who had trouble finding it is:
(http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~oneskull/)
Garret

JIMRPT wrote:

> 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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