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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV> In the Alfred edition of the <U>Bach's Well Tempered Clavier</U>, edited by Willard A. Palmer, it states the following:</DIV>
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<DIV> "<EM>Meantone temperament</EM>, the system in general use before the adoption of the <EM>well-temperament</EM>, favored specific keys. A sharp could not function as a flat and vise-versa. ... Meantone temperament is actually more in tune in the keys it favors than our present day system (E.T.) in any key."</DIV>
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<DIV> If this is true, then how can this be?</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Are the intervals of the approx 1BPS for the 4ths and the 3:5BPS for 5ths different in meantone? How does he mean "more in tune" than our present day system? </DIV>
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<DIV>2. Does this "more in tune-ness" have to do manipulating the comma differently in some keys?</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Are there any books to read that will set me straight on this subject? </DIV>
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<DIV>3. Can I tune my old upright to meantone to hear this sort of thing, or will the "modern" scale design of it not allow a meantone tuning to be properly executed and heard as true? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank You,</DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA</DIV>
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