Re : Werckmeister

Manuel Op de Coul quotes Werckmeister:

> Wann C-G. G-d. D-A. A-e. so
> weit und nicht weiter herunter gelassen, dass C und e eine in die
> hoehe schwebende Tertiam geben: so viel das Gehoer vertragen kann, so
> ists schon gut.

"The third C-e as high as the ear can support." That's exactly the
contradiciton with the tuning procedure of Herman Greunke in Benade's
Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. Greunke wants C-E to be a perfect
(zero-beat) major third. So I'll use my Korg for the Werckmeister III and
keep continuing using he other tuning, but simply won't call it Werckmeister
III. Thanks, Manuel!

--Wim Hoogewerf

Thanks Johnny, for your comments on *our* Werckmeister. As you see Manuel's
reply to your post provided his and Werckmeister's answer to my question.

> Wim, Werckmeister uses the monochord for setting his temperament.
> Interestingly, there is a passing reference to beats, at least as translated
> in my edition. "For the beats are often forgotten and yet highly necessary."
> ?
I was wondering if he (Werckmeister) was saying that the number of beats
should be the same for every lowered fifth, or something like that.
Appearently he didn't.

--Wim