I play Kapsberger in meantone, and it sounds nice. No reason ever to avoid meantone, unless it does not sound nice. In certain music, chromatic runs sound not so nice, in Bach, for example, but Rosenmueller sounds fine, even the chromatic parts. But of course, on the lute you have several temperaments to choose from. I widen one or two of the fifths ever so slightly on the open strings on some pieces. d
At 05:45 AM 1/9/2011, you wrote: >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
