The Bach Temperament

[Marcel Carey]

Where could I find the offsets for this temperament?

Thanks,

Marcel Carey

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> Envoyé : 20 novembre 2006 22:47
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> Objet : The Bach Temperament
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> 
> Greetings, 
>       Well, I tried it.  The tuning scheme that Mr. Lehman 
> extrapolated from 
> the inscription on Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier".  The customer was 
> astonished at the effect.  This is a customer that had been 
> using  a later 
> well-temperament, and he felt that the Bach tuning was a 
> large improvement.  He plays a 
> lot of Chopin, as well as Beethoven, Haydn, and Bach.  
>      It seems that Bach knew what he was doing( does that 
> surprise anyone?).  
> I would encourage tuners to try it and have a listen, this 
> thing has some 
> serious claim to authenticity and fits well with virtually 
> all the music I have 
> heard played on it, jazz and 20th century standard stuff, 
> too. 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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