>> I've long suspected that the impossibility of meeting everyone's >> requests for something different in temperament and pitch is what was >> originally responsible for the shift to ET and a nominally standard >> pitch. Administrative streamlining. >> Ron N > > ...which is of course, that which underlies my lack of enthusiasm on the > subject. But I also suspect the music required temperament to be more > versatile as composition became more complicated, and a tenor might want > to sing a piece originally composed for bass without changing the color > of the accompaniment. All sorts of reasons to not really want to retune > the piano every time you sat down to it. > Tanner If not for ETDs, it wouldn't be an option today. How about a show of hands for those offering a plethora of alternative temperaments tuned aurally. Ron N
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