4 Sep
2010
4 Sep
'10
1:37 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:59 PM, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
The real interesting measure of perception/influence of music on thought
might require use of functional MRI scanning, which can show the actual
electrical activity in the brain.
Yes I forgot to mention brain-wave patterns. Ultimately any such
'objective-measure' may miss some more subtle influence. Its just that a
crude idea may be better than no idea.
Coming back to Bach: If he was not interested in tunings he would not have
I dont understand...
As far as I can see(hear?) today's technology makes possible musical
experiments (including but not limited to tuning) that could not have been
dreamt of 20 years ago -- leave aside Bach
written the Well Tempered clavier.
If he was interested in promoting equal temperament he would have called
it the Equal tempered Clavier
There were plenty of tunings in Bach's day. If music over the centuries had
NOT settled on a standard tuning that essentially displaced the others,
would modern music have been experimenting with alternative tunings?