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
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