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Tuning => Questions of Temperament => Topic started by: David Pinnegar on March 03, 2011, 04:59:24 AM

Title: New YouTube posts
Post by: David Pinnegar on March 03, 2011, 04:59:24 AM
Hi!

I have just uploaded some rather interesting recordings of a concert last weekend for which I tuned a modern Yamaha piano to a temperament which is a derivative of Werkmeister III. The tunings that I had done before were all on 19th century instruments and in the piano world, equal temperament appears to be thought to be an instrinsic part of the modern piano. On the basis of my experiments, I believe that view to be mistaken:


Arvo Part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7v5jYkw13w

Who said that unequal temperament was unsuitable for 20th century music?

Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs7wDeDSQiI

Beethoven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiX5Xjtb7-E

Chopin nocturne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFHivVjAmBA

Chopin Study in A flat !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhNf3zRd5cs

Chopin 2nd sonata 1st movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7k3Vck-XZ8

Chopin 2nd Sonata Scherzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaYEmQgY_xU

Chopin 2nd Sonata 3rd & 4th movement extracts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8in_RJYbjGM

What's the verdict?

Best wishes

David P