[pianotech] Temperaments

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

Greetings,
 
 
        You know, in all honesty, after  I wrote that query and sent it, I 
realized those 3rd to 5th relationships.  What was I thinking? This reinforces 
my understanding. Also, I am  reminded of the fact that the tonic triad is just 
that, the  tonic... and is not the entire key's  sonority/character. Yes! 
BTW, I have now taken (last June)and  passed my tuning portion of the RPT exam, 
and now I am really getting into other  temperaments. I now, never never tune 
in ET! I don't think I will  ever tune in ET again!!
 
Thank you!
Julia
Reading, PA 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2009 7:36:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
A440A at aol.com writes:

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 
Julia,
It is more the strength of the thirds than the fifths
that  give the triads and key signatures their character.
-- 
Jon Page



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