Klarinet Archive - Posting 001176.txt from 1998/07

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Equal temperament, "pure" temperament, etc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:02:57 -0400

On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Steven J Goldman, MD wrote:

> But, the "natural" scale has a very specific mathematical/acoustical basis.

There are literally hundreds of systems of tuning and temperament. To
which of the so-called "natural" scales are you referring? The
Pythagorean? Meantone? Some other one? Whichever it might be, why that
one and not some other?

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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