On 18 Jan 2007 at 22:18, dc wrote: > David W. Fenton écrit: > >Do you do much with organ continuo? > > Quite a bit. But I generally don't get to tune the organ, so the other > continuo instruments (theorbo, viol) simply tune to the organ. But > this means they move their frets around when we switch from > harpsichord to organ (not in the same programme, of course). And it's > harder for the singers to sing wide thirds than pure thirds.
Does that mean that when playing with the organ you're not playing in a mean-tone temperament? Tuning a viol to a temperament based on tempered 5ths (i.e., a well temperament) is easier than tuning to one based around pure thirds (i.e., a mean temperament, which has 5ths that vary by different amounts), so if, for instance, the organ is in one of the Kirnbergers or one of the Werckmeisters, it might be easier to tune to than if it's 6th-comma meantone (or one of its near neighbors, like temp. ord.). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
