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How equal temperament ruined harmony (and why you should care)
By Duffin, Ross W.
- ISBN
- 978-0-39306-227-4
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2007
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and the ensuing mass production of musical instruments, equal temperament-the practice of dividing an octave into 12 equally proportioned half-steps-has dominated the way instruments are tuned and played in Western cultures. Noted early music scholar Duffin (Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, Case Western Reserve Univ.;Shakespeare's Songbook ) presents a meticul...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
