Re: [tuning] Re: "wolf" pack, rat pack [Isacoff] last one

I actually had to do these in a rush.

> > What s more, Bach used two different spellings of a single key for
> paired pieces in his Well-Tempered Clavier, as if to announce that he
> considered re-sharp and mi-flat equal.
> >
>

If Isacoff realized that Werckmeister came first, then he might have
considered that D# and Eb were identities largely because of Werckmeister.
After all, Werckmeister was the first to indicate the full circle which would
necessitate chromatic identities.

Okay, Joseph? Anyone?

Best, Johnny Reinhard

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> I actually had to do these in a rush.
>
> > > What s more, Bach used two different spellings of a single key
for
> > paired pieces in his Well-Tempered Clavier, as if to announce
that he
> > considered re-sharp and mi-flat equal.
> > >
> >
>
> If Isacoff realized that Werckmeister came first, then he might
have
> considered that D# and Eb were identities largely because of
Werckmeister.
> After all, Werckmeister was the first to indicate the full circle
which would
> necessitate chromatic identities.
>
> Okay, Joseph? Anyone?
>
> Best, Johnny Reinhard

***Hey Johnny!

Well, are those the only notes in the WTC where this happens??

Horribly, now the abbreviation WTC has *awful* connotations these
days...

jp

On 3/11/02 10:52 PM, "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@rcn.com> wrote:

> Horribly, now the abbreviation WTC has *awful* connotations these
> days...
>
> jp

Yeah... I thought especially, when referring to the Clavier Books 1 and 2 as
"WTC 1" and "WTC 2".

M