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How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony: And Why You Should Care Book

Paperback. Pub Date: October 2008 Pages: 208 in Publisher: WW Norton & Co. Ross W. Duffin presents an engaging and elegantly reasoned expose of musical temperament and its impact on the way in which we experience music. An historical narrative a music theory lesson. and. above all. an impassioned letter to musicians and listeners everywhere. How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony possesses the power to redefine the very nature of our interactions with music.For nearly a century. equal temperament - the practice of dividing an octave into twelve equally proportioned half-steps - has held a virtual monopoly on the way in which instruments are tuned and played. Duffin explains how we came to rely exclusively on equal temperament and along the way. he challenges the widely held belief that equal temperament is a perfect. 'naturally selected' musical system. and proposes a radical ...Read More

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  • Foyles

    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).

  • ASDA

    For nearly a century equal temperament - the practice of dividing an octave into twelve equally proportioned half-steps - has held a virtual monopoly on the way in which instruments are tuned and played. This book presents a reasoned expose of musical temperament and its impact on the way in which we experience music.

  • BookDepository

    How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) : Paperback : WW Norton & Co : 9780393334203 : 0393334201 : 31 Oct 2008 : "A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary.""-Classical Music"

  • Waterstones

    For nearly a century, equal temperament - the practice of dividing an octave into twelve equally proportioned half-steps - has held a virtual monopoly on the way in which instruments are tuned and played. This book presents a reasoned expose of music

  • Blackwell

    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...

  • 0393334201
  • 9780393334203
  • Ross W. Duffin
  • 31 October 2008
  • W. W. Norton & Co.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
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