As a struggling pianist, I have to note that it's a heckuva lot easier to *play* pieces in 3 sharps or less. Conceivably this could have some effect for composers who were selling sheet music. --Cy-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:48 PM Subject: RE: (careful, it is about temperaments) > Since the predominant choice of keys, as you have outlined, is in 3 sharps > or less (mostly less) it may also suggest that composers were selecting > keys > to avoid the effects of unequal temperaments present in the outer keys > rather than to take advantage of them.
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