RE: [tuning] Re: Hot micro times at the AMC

Kyle Gann wrote,

>If I found someone who could give me specifics, I'd add that
>information to my web page.

Specifics on what?

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "Paul H. Erlich" <PERLICH@A...> wrote:
> Kyle Gann wrote,
>
> >If I found someone who could give me specifics, I'd add that
> >information to my web page.
>
> Specifics on what?

Specifics on what tuning they use for their Renaissance music
ensemble,
harpsichord, portative organ, etc.

Kyle

Kyle,

Manuel just posted a bunch of examples from his CD collection, in specific
tunings, at http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/english/temperament.html. I'm
sure he can give you more details on all these recordings. Others on this
list have given similar information for other ensembles . . . wish I could
recall specifics . . .

-Paul

> Specifics on what tuning they use for their Renaissance music
> ensemble,
> harpsichord, portative organ, etc.
>
> Kyle

Quarter comma meantone is pretty much it for all the keyboard people I
know who specialise in the period, and it is what the wind players pay
lip-service to (and set their korg multitemperament tuners to). I've
played around with something called Boelliau Temperament, which is sort of
stone-washed Pythagorean and sounds good in the liturgical mode-cantus
firmus stuff but not particularly in the dance music and secular stuff.

And of course one is seldom in the real world working only on renaissance
music, one has to tune one's harpsichord in some sort of compromise
usually for normal practice time.

Judy