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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Classical MusicINDEX
abacus Triharmonicus, 111 f.
AbrĆ©gĆ© des regles de lāharmonie, 145.
Adlung, J., 85.
Agricola, M., 4, 10, 96, 151ā153.
Akustik, 161.
Alexander the Great, 124.
Allgemeine Theorie der Musik, 100, 116.
Allgemeine Theorie der schƶnen KĆ¼nste, 65.
Amiot, J. M., 77.
āDie 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.
Lāantica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica, 9, 117, 119
Anweisung wie man Claviere . . . stimmen kƶnne, 47.
approximations to equal temperament, 49ā87.
approximations to meantone temperament, 29ā31, 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, 22ā24, 57.
āArithmetica applicirt . . .,ā 139.
arithmetical division. See division, arithmetical.
LāarithmĆ©tique des musiciens, 120, 136.
Aron, P., 10, 26, 49.
Lāart du facteur dāorgues, 127.
Arte de taƱer fantasia, 28.
Lāarte musicale in Italia, 188.
Artusi, G. M., 8, 10, 46, 144, 146ā150, ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Glossary
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- I. History of Tuning and Temperament
- II. Greek Tunings
- III. Meantone Temperament
- IV. Equal Temperament
- V. Just Intonation
- VI. Multiple Division
- VII. Irregular Systems
- VIII. From Theory to Practice
- Literature Cited
- Index
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