The End of the Well-Tempered Clavichord?

Year: 2000 Authors: Prof. W. Douglas Maurer

Core claim

Computer-driven instruments can retune so quickly that well-tempered compromise may be largely unnecessary outside chromatic and atonal music.

Topics

music tuning, natural harmonics, computer music, resonance

Domains

frequency ratios, cube root of 2, harmonic series, music theory, instrument design, electronic music

Methods

comparative explanation, frequency calculation, harmonic analysis

Media

piano, clavichord, violin, trumpet

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