Bach/tuning

Curious to see what folks here think...I'm reading a great Bach biography, and it mentioned a piece he wrote that included 2 lutes, plus continuo (and various woodwinds/etc). Do you think he would have tuned his keyboard to Eq temperament, to match the lutes; or, a Well temp, as he was reputed to have favored? Would it have mattered much either way? Of course, we can't really know, but it's interesting to consider...best...Hstick

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It would not have mattered much either way, and we can prove this fact yet again with another listening test....:)

Lutes do not have many strong harmonics once they have done with their attack portion...so the signal to the ear does not give one a strong sense of "this is out of tune with the harpsichord"

OK, now come the attacks, from all sides....duck!

-A.

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