For most Western musicians since the 18th century, the tuning system known as equal temperament is the structural bedrock of musical life. By compromising the pure harmonies of the natural world - ...
A few years ago, [Chad] wanted to build a musical instrument. Not just any musical instrument, mind you, but one with just intonation. Where modern western music maps 12 semitones onto a logarithmic ...
DR. STONE'S lectures on “Sound and Music,” just published, lead one to expect that notwithstanding the formidable appearance of some of the key-boards exhibited at South Kensington, the cause of ...