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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:08:20 -0700
On 4/26/2008, "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In good English it might go something like: > "As logarhythms are Greek to most musicians, they are rarely considered, and > are never used, so IMHO, it would be easier to speak in arithmetical terms. > ET is, unconditionally, a totally abominable/execrable system, and can only > be used to tune a theorbo, a lute etc., because in these instruments all > other temperaments are USELESS." > > I must say I agree, wholeheardedly. Luckily Kirnberger represents late baroque period (nearly early classism), not the real baroque (as Monteverdi et al), not to speak about renaissance. In Kirnberg's times lute was not anymore an important instrument... best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html