Meantone and Just temperaments are totally different concepts There are 9 possible meantone temperaments varying from 1/4 comma to 1/12 comma (equal temperament) They are based on the distribution of the comma The Ditonic Comma is a very important discrepancy used in deriving equal temperament. When rising by 12 consecutive perfect fifths we make one visit to each of the twelve semitones of the scale before arriving at the note we started at. If we flatten each of the fifths by 2 cents ( 24/12 ) the pitch of finishing note will be an octave multiple of the starting note pitch
Just temperament is based purely on the perfect pitch ratios of the intervals It is not suitable for keyboard or any instrument which can be played in many different keys Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Leonard Williams Sent: 06 August 2008 22:03 To: Hurdy-Gurdy List Subject: [HG] Temperament for accompanists Someone not too long ago inquired about how just intonation for the hurdy-gurdy fits with equal temp instruments like the guitar. The web-site below introduces guitar fretboards made with just intonation (hard to believe--it must limit the useable keys) and meantone fretting. Regards, Leonard Williams _ [: :] / | | \ | | | | (_==_) !~¿ ------ Forwarded Message From: "Bruno Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:05:00 -0300 To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE] A bit off-topic Has anybody seen this: http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php ------ End of Forwarded Message
