Author : Ross W. Duffin
Release : 2008-10-17
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 648/5 ( reviews)

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How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) write by Ross W. Duffin. This book was released on 2008-10-17. How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."—Classical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"—the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning method? Thanks to How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony, "we may soon be able to hear for ourselves what Beethoven really meant when he called B minor 'black'" (Wall Street Journal).In this "comprehensive plea for more variety in tuning methods" (Kirkus Reviews), Ross W. Duffin presents "a serious and well-argued case" (Goldberg Magazine) that "should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning" (Saturday Guardian). Some images in the ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.