> > These effects of temperament are easily distinguished. On a well >tempered piano, play the prelude in C# from the WTC in C#, and then >transpose it to C. > You will immediately notice the lack of vitality and drive in the music. > There is a definite difference caused by the wide C#-F third and it is the > tonal texture of the harmony. There are no held notes in this passage, > everything is fast, but the temperament difference is great. > Ed Foote RPT Sorry, transposing the C# WTC to C is way beyond me. I would like to ask who is capable of doing this? Any given faculty in the piano department in the school of music? Alas I am too far from a university. By synchronicity two days ago I heard the WTC C# played by Glen Gould on NPR. Wondered why Bach wrote it in C# instead of C, or if he in a sly moment transposed it FROM C. But it shouldn't be that much of a task to record it both in C# and C. Now That might be an interesting project for the HT recordings. Present one ormore pieces in its original and a transposed key. ---ric
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