RE: Historical Questions

Ed Remler wrote,

>Presumably the further a piece�s key is removed from C, the stranger it>will sound to the modern ear,

No, actually C at first sounds strange to a modern ear, since it is
close to JI. Other than C, only the key of F# is as far from ET. A
generic well-temperament will sound most like ET in the keys of A and
Eb. So if you're going to pick a piece from WTC to play on a modern
keyboard, your best bet is to pick one in A, Eb, f#m, or cm.

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