A Conversation for Equal Temperament Scale

Equal and Well Temperament

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oosh

Scholars think that Bach wrote his 48 for a kind of "well temperament" in which all the keys were playable, but not all were equal. There is further useful information at these addresses:

http://www-midischool.cwru.edu/Duffin/Vallotti/T1/default.html

http://www.rdrop.com/~tblackb/music/temperament/

O.


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