Temperament selection

[Jason Kanter]

I pulled the pdf off, because it is outdated. One of these days (weeks?
months?) I am planning to upgrade all the charts, add a special section on
Bach and several other new temperaments, and make that all into a new pdf.
I'll announce it here.

Jason


On 4/20/07, John Dutton <duttonjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jason's website is a great reference.  He also has a pdf version of the
> website (or used to anyway) for those that like the tactile sensation of
> reading paper.
>
> John Dutton
>
> Billings, MT
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Jason Kanter [mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com]
> Sent: Friday, 20 April, 2007 11:47
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: Temperament selection
>
>
>
> Attaching thumbnails of  Vallotti, Young, Vallotti-Young, Moore, Broadwood
> Best, Coleman 10, and Coleman 11.
>
>
>
> Using the frame of reference of ET major thirds as 13.7 cents expanded:
>
>
>
> To arrange them from "closest to ET" to most extreme, the sequence would
> be:
>
> Coleman 10, (thirds ranging from 10.7 to 15.7 cents)
>
> Moore (9.7 to 15.7)
>
> Coleman 11 (7.7 to 17.7)
>
> Broadwood Best (6.7 to 17.7)
>
> ===
>
> The Vallotti-Young group all have very similar extent of extremes, all
> reaching 21.5 cents, which is the largest "acceptable" major third in any
> well temperament.
>
> Young has a single most-contracted major third (C, 5.4 cents) and a single
> most-expanded major third (F#, 21.5 cents) and smoothly changes the sizes
> of
> the thirds around the circle of fifths; both the Vallotti and the
> Vallotti-Young have three equal smallest thirds ( 5.9) and three equal
> largest thirds (21.5), and adjust the intermediate thirds smoothly but in
> slightly larger steps than the Vallotti.
> ===
>
> There are many WTs in between these two groups.
>
>
>
> For more information, see
> http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm
>
>
> On 4/20/07, Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I used the Young-Valetti
>
>
>
>
> That might be a little strong for some, try Moore & Co.(Representative
> Victorian)
>
> or Broadwood's Best. Both mild Victorian WT's.
>
> --
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>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>
>
>
>
> --
> =jason's cell 425 830 1561=
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>


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