Temperament, A pianist responds

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:38:24 +0100


Ed... I suppose I missed something somewhere... but it does
seem to me that David is talking about the Key of E major
here, which he states has more colour in the Young compared
to the Broadwood

What does that have to do with the cents difference for
these two keys for any particular Major 3rd ? (and I am
guessing you mean the C to E major 3rd).

Scratching my head a bit...
RicB


A440A@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> David writes:
> <<So let's go to the second movement in E major.  This key in WT is not a
> 
> terribly tranquil sounding key.  Rather, it is fairly active even in the
> 
> mild WT's such as Broadwood's.  In the Young temperament, it is a very
> 
> active, read dissonant, sounding key. <<
> 
>       Hmm,  Now I am confused about what tunings you're basing your responses
> on.   There is only .2 cents difference difference between this third in the
> Young(17.8cents) vs. Broadwood's "best" tuning(17.6). This difference is
> totally insignificant.  Is it possible that  your perception of "dissonance"
> is being affected by something other than the width of the intervals?
> Wondering,
> Ed Foote


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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
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