Total Members Voted: 6
Voting closed: February 24, 2018, 10:59:06 PM
This might be a dumb question: Would it be possible to also include 10 more samples: A recording of each of these 10 in the key of F# Major? There are only diatonic notes here except 1 note.For example: My recording of the Bach WTC 1 and 2 by Gustav Leonhardt (done in an unknown well tempered tuning, the liner notes do not say the tuning) sounds pretty bad in certain keys such as B Major. Example: recording 11 would be same as recording 1 except in key F# major. I will participate even if this is not possible. The additional key of F# major would give further clues to me to pick out the equal temperament or closest to equal temperament tuning.
You make a good point but I think that is a slightly different experiment to the one I'm running. What prompted this was a comment in another thread that music from the classical period was bland when in equal temperament but not when in Well temperament. What I'm interested in is not whether people can tell which tuning is which but whether or not there is a consensus around which tuning sounds best when you don't know what the tuning is.If people are interested I might run the experiment again with a more modern chromatic or atonal piece and see if the results are any different.
I think it's a good experiment but some may say that you can't appreciate the tuning method unless it is played on an actual acoustic instrument (as opposed to electronic). They may have a point.
Yes, but then you have the problem of producing a consistent performance each time. If I played on an acoustic piano each recording is bound to have a different performance and some will no doubt be better than others, which I suspect would affect people's choice more than the tuning.Also, if you don't mind georgey, can edit your previous post so people don't see what you've picked, and instead select in the poll at the top of the page. I don't want anybody's choice to be influenced by what other people are saying. Thanks.
01 Equal02 Flat03 Just intonation04 Kirnberger III05 Meantone (1_3 comma)06 Meantone (1_4 comma)07 Pythagore08 Well09 Werckmiester III10 Zarlino
Flat temperament is an equal temperament with harmonic stretching.Zarlino: Sometimes called the “physicians scale”, based on harmonic thirds (ratio 5/4) and fifths (ratio 3/2)I'm afraid that's all the info I have.
Which recording/temperament did you vote for, klavieronin and georgey?
I think Bach/Lehman 1722 should have been tested. That is my favourite tuning system.Everyone's opinion counts due to the highly subjective nature of music.
I think Bach/Lehman 1722 should have been tested.
What is the name of the software you were using for this experiment, if you do not mind me asking?
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Topic: Temperament Experiment 