[LAU] A Bach in appology and completeness :-)

[david]

Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hi Rustom!
>   I think this is all equal. I don't know about Aeolus, but since it 
> works fine with other instruments, I assume it is tempered the same way.

Aeolus is equal-tempered by default, but you can readily change it.

>   The Hammerklavier I used for the C Major invention has an older 
> tuning. You can also find it on the website, lower down. I think it 
> might be a roughly baroque tuning.

I've heard that before equal temperament arrived, there were very real 
differences between different keys, so that a piece written in C major 
would not sound harmonically the same as the same piece played in A 
major. That since equal temperament was adopted, there's less 
character/difference between the different keys.

Now it's just a matter of transposing and you get the same thing, only 
higher or lower ...

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David
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