How equal temperament ruined harmony (and why you should care).

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York Norton.Description: 196 p. illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-393-06227-4
Subject(s):
Contents:
Shouldn't leading notes lead? -- How temperament started -- Non-keyboard tuning -- "How long, O Lord, how long?" -- A bridge to the nineteenth century -- Really better or simply easier? -- Some are more equal than others -- The "Joachim mode" -- "The limbo of that which is disregarded" -- Where do we go from here?
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
book Library of Etnomusicology 117.115 EM Available 3186720-10

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Shouldn't leading notes lead? -- How temperament started -- Non-keyboard tuning -- "How long, O Lord, how long?" -- A bridge to the nineteenth century -- Really better or simply easier? -- Some are more equal than others -- The "Joachim mode" -- "The limbo of that which is disregarded" -- Where do we go from here?