Comparative Tuning of Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1.

Having been fortunate to find a real performance that was midi recorded I
present several versions of Debussy�s Arabesque No. 1. One of the tunings
presented seemed to be magical at places. I will let the listener decide
which, if any, of these trans-tuned versions are ear-worthy.
The tunings used are listed below.
*Margo Schulter�s Indigo 12*
*Gene Ward Smith�s Locomotive*
*Keenan Pepper�s paraphy*
*Pythagorean*

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Hi Chris,

Sorry to have to say this, but the Pythagorean version is not correct.
You did not follow the enharmonic spelling in the score.
The original score uses the notes F till Fx, that is 15 unique notes per
octave.
You tuned your Pythagorean version from Eb to G#, and remapped notes to
the closest enharmonic equivalence.
The result is very out of tune and not a proper representation of
Pythagorean.
And since the correct way of tuning to Pythagorean requires 15 notes per
octave, there is no easy fix.

Kind regards,
Marcel

> Having been fortunate to find a real performance that was midi recorded I
> present several versions of Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1. One of the tunings
> presented seemed to be magical at places. I will let the listener decide
> which, if any, of these trans-tuned versions are ear-worthy.
> The tunings used are listed below.
> *Margo Schulter’s Indigo 12*
> *Gene Ward Smith’s Locomotive*
> *Keenan Pepper’s paraphy*
> *Pythagorean*
>
> More details here
> http://chrisvaisvil.com/?page_id=3135