This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dave, in fact the definition of a whole tone scale is a scale that divides the octave into six equal-tempered whole tones. From a compositional standpoint, it is very significant that the piano is tuned equally. It is because the steps are equally tempered that the scale is tonally unstable. An unequal temperament would bias the centrality of certain tones. The essence of whole tone composition is that 'tonal' centers are established by emphasis, not by the establishment of tonality; one note is give artificial prominence over others. The temperament issue is important because whole tone scales must lack the fundamental major/minor/tonic/dominant relationship that tonality provides. It is an interesting topic to think about . . . Bradley M. Snook ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4c/4e/fe/8e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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