[CAUT] well tempered

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Chris

Ear instructions are at :  I suggest starting with the ear version so as 
to get aurally in touch with the tuning from the get go.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/larips/Bach-by-ear-062905.pdf

The ETD instructions given by Lehman himself are below: This is for an 
ETD without any historical temperaments already loaded.  He has another 
version for manipulating the Vallotti setting.... but this perhaps gives 
you a better view of how it diverges from ET. 

Try it.. you like it... and on that note... it might be a good idea for 
tuners to get this both aurally and ETD wise in their routines... this 
has all the looks of becoming the latest mystical fad in tuning .... 
I've already had a few very off the wall comments about this temperament 
from pianists who up to a couple years ago had absolutely no interest or 
understanding in the temperament world.  They still evidently have no 
direct understanding... but their interest is peaked (for the moment 
anyways) and as these things usually go... their <<intuitive>> 
understanding is rapidly developing :)

Cheers
RicB


    * Tune A exactly to its equal-temperament position.
    * Tune B exactly to its equal-temperament position.
    * Tune E pure to B, and check that it is 2 cents low (from the 
prescribed equal-temperament position) on your device.
    * Tune D 2 cents higher than its equal-temperament position.
    * Tune G 4 cents higher than its equal-temperament position.
    * Tune C 6 cents higher than its equal-temperament position.
    * Tune F 8 cents higher than its equal-temperament position.
    * Tune C#, G#, Eb, and Bb each 4 cents higher than its 
equal-temperament position.
    * Tune F# pure to both C# and B, i.e. 2 cents higher than its 
equal-temperament position.
    * Check everything by ear: E-B-F#-C# pure 5ths, C#-G#-D#-A# 5ths 
with only the slightest wobble, and F-C-G-D-A-E 5ths with a bit more 
wobble.