[CAUT] Moore vs ET

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<< > I was thinking that it would be fun to take a piano recording and modify

> the temperament throughout the recording!  It would then be possible to

> listen to the exact same performance, exact same piano, but with different

> temperaments. >>

Greetings, 
   Something that hasn't been addressed here, and it is huge, is the effect 
that the inequality of a WT has on the pianist. I have observed that pianists 
play differently when they become accustomed to a well-tempered piano. The 
original pedal markings can once again be used, and the phrasing changes when 
there is a variety of tonal resources instead of all being identical.  Pianists 
who have familiarized themselves with well-temperaments have told me that even 
if faced with an ET piano, they still play the more expressively tempered 
passages with more edge, etc.  They often play a little slower, too. 
Regards,  
    



Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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