单词 | equal temperament |
例句 | Major seconds and thirds are larger in Pythagorean intonation than in equal temperament, and minor seconds and thirds are smaller. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But these well temperaments made all keys equally useful, not equal-sounding as modern equal temperament does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z NOTE: Historically, there has been some confusion as to whether or not well temperament and equal temperament are the same thing, possibly because well temperaments were sometimes referred to at the time as "equal temperament." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The beats are so regular, in fact, that they can be timed; for equal temperament they are on the order of a beat per second in the mid range of a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Except for the unison and the octave, none of the ratios for equal temperament are exactly the same as for the pure interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The ratios for equal temperament are all multiples of the twelfth root of two. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A piano tuner works by listening to and timing these beats, rather than by being able to "hear" equal temperament intervals precisely. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It also leads many other music traditions to prefer tunings other than equal temperament, particularly tunings in which some of the important intervals are based on the pure, simple-ratio intervals of physics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If it bothers you that the ratios in equal temperament are roots, remember the pure octaves and fifths of the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This often leads to some "tweaking" of the tuning in real performances, away from equal temperament. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In equal temperament, the only pure interval is the octave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In spite of this, equal temperament works fairly well, because most of the intervals it gives actually fall quite close to the pure intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This is another reason that modes sounded very different from each other, although that particular difference may be missing today when chant is sung using equal temperament. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A number of YouTube videos provide comparisons that you can listen to, for example comparisons of just intonation and equal temperament, or comparisons of various temperaments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Johnston employs “just intonation,” a tuning system different from the “equal temperament” that we’re accustomed to today. Pianist Frederic Rzewski, Del Sol Quartet perform at Library of Congress 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z He had tuned his harpsichord not to the relatively smooth, equal temperament of modern times, he explained, but to a “severe” mean-tone temperament used in the early 17th century. Review: A Harpsichordist Who Keeps His Listeners Off Balance 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z “It’s almost universally accepted that 12-tone equal temperament is the only way to tune, but that’s wrong. It felt important for people to know.” How a Pro Skateboarder Became an Apostle of Ancient Tuning 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z But it also loses in the process a richness, making me wonder what might have happened were it played in a more acoustically natural equal temperament. What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Soon he challenged the system of equal temperament that has dominated Western music for centuries. Players Are Wanted for Ben Johnston’s Works. Some Sacrifice Is Required. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z In its simplest terms, just intonation means that the ratios between notes are whole numbers, rather than the irrational ratios that divide the octave in the familiar framework of equal temperament. How a Pro Skateboarder Became an Apostle of Ancient Tuning 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Here, “well-tempered” refers to Bach’s enthusiastic — and then quite edgy — pursuit of an “equal temperament,” a tuning that would allow all of the keys to be played. Perspective | Finding order (and a hometown connection) in a lost recording of a Bach masterwork 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Meanwhile there was no such thing back then as equal temperament. The voice of God: life inside the pope's choir 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z My companion was, like his brother, a kind, open-hearted man, of superior intellect; much less prone to despondency, however, and of a more equal temperament. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative I am reminded of the equal temperament which was once applied to the postmen's jackets. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Having described the improvements in pipes, we now consider how they are tuned, and the first thing we must notice is the introduction of equal temperament. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments Among other strong points of Zarlino was his demonstration of equal temperament, which came into general use about 100 years later. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present To show the practicability of equal temperament Bach wrote a series of 48 preludes and fugues, two in each major and two in each minor key. Music Notation and Terminology That the equal temperament is the only practical temperament, is confidently affirmed by Mr. W.S.B. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs It is, therefore, ideally, an equal temperament instrument and not a D major one, as the conical flute was considered to be. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 In what is called the equal temperament system the attempt is made to divide the octave into twelve equal parts or semi-tones, thus rendering all keys alike. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments He not only assigned the true intervals of the major scale, according to perfect intonation, but argued strongly for equal temperament, and demonstrated the impossibility of chromatic music upon any other basis. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present If a lively imagination add poignancy to disappointment, it also has in itself resources unknown to more equal temperaments. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire It is evident, therefore, that all major thirds must be tuned somewhat sharper than perfect in a system of equal temperament. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The only way is to distribute your error by equal temperament and leave common sense to make the correction in philosophy which the ear does instantaneously and involuntarily in music. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Much has been lost by adopting equal temperament, but more has been gained. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments The change to equal temperament has on the other hand greatly increased the scope of the organ and has rendered possible the performance of all compositions and transcriptions regardless of key or modulation. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments Following this paragraph we give a reference table in which the numbers are given for four consecutive octaves, calculated for the system of equal temperament. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs If, therefore, all octaves are to remain perfect, it is evident that all minor thirds must be tuned flatter than perfect in the system of equal temperament. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs |
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