Analysis Course 4 · Professional
A journey through quarter-comma meantone
One fixed C-centred temperament, many keys: hear where its beauty lies — and where the twelve-key layout reaches its limit.
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A temperament is a choice
We are so used to equal temperament that its thirds and fifths can feel like natural laws. They are not. Hear the same C-major triad in two different divisions of the twelve pitch classes: equal temperament and quarter-comma meantone.