Tuning and Temperament
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Tuning and Temperament

A Historical Survey

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Tuning and Temperament

A Historical Survey

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The demands of tuning (attaining the perfect scale) and temperament (the compromises necessary for composing in every key) have challenged musicians from the earliest civilizations onward. This guide surveys these longstanding problems, devoting a chapter to each principal theory and offering a running account of the complete history of tuning and temperament. Organized chronologically, the book features a helpful glossary and numerous illustrative tables, and it requires minimal background in music theory. This new reissue is currently the only edition in print of a much-quoted classic. 9 figures. 180 tables.

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INDEX

abacus Triharmonicus, 111 f.
AbrĆ©gĆ© des regles de lā€™harmonie, 145.
Adlung, J., 85.
Agricola, M., 4, 10, 96, 151ā€“153.
Akustik, 161.
Alexander the Great, 124.
Allgemeine Theorie der Musik, 100, 116.
Allgemeine Theorie der schƶnen KĆ¼nste, 65.
Amiot, J. M., 77.
ā€œDie AnfƤnge der Chromatik im italienischen Madrigal des XVI. Jahrhunderts,ā€ 199.
Anglas, J. P. L., 199 f.
Anleitung zu den musikalischen Gelahrtheit, 85.
Anleitung zur Tonometrie, 121.
Anonymous, author of Exposition de quelques nouvelles vues mathematiques, 127.
Anonymous, author of Pro clavichordiis faciendis, 92 f.
Lā€™antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica, 9, 117, 119
Anweisung wie man Claviere . . . stimmen kƶnne, 47.
approximations to equal temperament, 49ā€“87.
approximations to meantone temperament, 29ā€“31, 43.
Appun, G., 121.
Arabian scale, 114.
Archicembalo, 27, 117 f, 154.
Archicymbalam, 108.
Archimedes, 34, 50.
Archytas, 16 f, 19, 22 f, 145.
Ariel, 115.
Aristoxenus, 2, 16 f, 19, 22ā€“24, 57.
ā€œArithmetica applicirt . . .,ā€ 139.
arithmetical division. See division, arithmetical.
Lā€™arithmĆ©tique des musiciens, 120, 136.
Aron, P., 10, 26, 49.
Lā€™art du facteur dā€™orgues, 127.
Arte de taƱer fantasia, 28.
Lā€™arte musicale in Italia, 188.
Artusi, G. M., 8, 10, 46, 144, 146ā€“150, ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Preface
  5. Glossary
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. I. History of Tuning and Temperament
  9. II. Greek Tunings
  10. III. Meantone Temperament
  11. IV. Equal Temperament
  12. V. Just Intonation
  13. VI. Multiple Division
  14. VII. Irregular Systems
  15. VIII. From Theory to Practice
  16. Literature Cited
  17. Index