[CAUT] well tempered

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Chris..

I see that Fred has already answered this so I will just echo his post. 
Cents offsets should apply to all notes... and if I'm not mistaken just 
about every ETD out there has a way of doing this automatically for 
you.  So if you want to change your temperament offset for any given 
note... say C for example... you do this as part of setting up a tuning 
file and all C's are changed for the same cents amounts.

As for what the temperament range is given by Lehman... now that you 
mention it I cant say for sure.... having just assumed the same general 
temperament range that is most often used would apply.  That said... 
again since his offsets are in cents... it doesn't really matter for an 
ETD tuning.  For aural tunings tho.... :)

As far as octaves... you can use most of the the same aural tests as 
usual... just nothing to do with contiguous thirds or that sort of 
thing. All direct interval checks tho apply.

Cheers
RicB


    Thanks for replying Ric, I agree for good or bad the myst seems to be
    rising. Can you help with one simple issue? Are the ETD "deviations from
    equal temperament" given by Lehman for A49 up to G#60 or for what I
    might
    call the "temperament octave" below that, beginning with A37 up to G#48.
    Does it matter? It seems to me it must. I find this further confusing
    because Lehman's indications are centered around middle C40 rather
    than the
    C52 fork most tuners use. Maybe I'm over-thinking this but I'd
    really just
    like to get this tuning done and then reread my Jorgensen Tuning
    book at the
    beach over the summer :>)
    Thanks for any further insight,
    Chris of the ET Clan