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103-Temperament
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Length:
78 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today's most widely used tuning system is equal temperament. It sounds great to our ears. But it is a compromise! Musicians and mathematicians have always struggled finding tuning systems that didn't compromise the pure tones provided within the natural harmonic series. On this episode, we will discuss these struggles and the systems that arose from this effort: just tuning, Pythagorean tuning, meantone tuning, well temperament and equal temperament!
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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