On 9 January 2011 14:32, Stewart McCoy <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been reading Ross Duffin's recent book and he has a rather > different opinion.
I suppose you are referring to 'How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care). [Norton, 2007] It's a lousily written good read. Duffin has some axes to grind, which tends to cloud his arguments, and he tends to popularise his style rather very much. A pity, because the point he is making is valid and he certainly knows his subject. He has various on-lines articles on the same subject available, perhaps a good start would be: "Why I hate Vallotti (or is it Young?)" http://music.case.edu/~rwd/Vallotti/default.html David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
