The Wolf at Our Heels

This article appeared in Slate yesterday:

http://www.slate.com/id/2250793/pagenum/all/

I skimmed it. It seems to focus on period temperaments
(i.e. well temperaments). -Carl

I just skimmed it as well, but that's a pretty accurate representation of
things from what I could see. I'm pretty surprised. I was expecting to see
something explaining that 12 perfect 5ths does not actually equal a few
octaves, and then start complaining that 12-equal is bad because of the 2
cent sharp fifths, or whatever.

-Mike

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:

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> This article appeared in Slate yesterday:
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> http://www.slate.com/id/2250793/pagenum/all/
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> I skimmed it. It seems to focus on period temperaments
> (i.e. well temperaments). -Carl
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>
>

the book by Duffin came out 3 years ago and I read it a couple of years ago.
So, the review seems a little late but anyway...it is an entertaining book that can be read (and understood) even if you are not a microtonal practitioner.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <carl@...> wrote:
>
> This article appeared in Slate yesterday:
>
> http://www.slate.com/id/2250793/pagenum/all/
>
> I skimmed it. It seems to focus on period temperaments
> (i.e. well temperaments). -Carl
>