Julia writes: << Why are the P5ths tempered in those (C, F & G) commonly used keys, yet the article states that they should be the most pure keys? Shouldn't it be the opposite? Namely, the black keys be tempered then? Am I missing something here? >> Greetings, Acoustically, thirds and fifths work in opposition to one another, which generally means that in the traditional form of well temperament, the keys with the most highly tempered thirds will have the purest fifths, and the keys with the purest thirds will have the most highly tempered fifths. It is overly simplistic to regard a given key as highly tempered or not. If performed on a well-tempered keyboard, this harmonic contrast can be heard in Chopin's music, where he often places a pure melodic line above a very expressive harmony, creating a subtle musical texture that is unavailable in 20th century tuning. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26h mpgID=62%26bcd=febemailfooterNO62)</HTML>
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