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What is pitch? How do instruments play in tune with each other? How do instruments tune, and what is temperament? Andy Doe explains all this.

Show notes:

• Pitch (Wikipedia)


• Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo, Peter Wispelwey


• Music tuning (Wikipedia)


• Musical temperament (Wikipedia)


• Pythagoras (Wikipedia)


• Pythagorean tuning (Wikipedia)


• Meantone temperament (Wikipedia)


• Online recordings with unequal temperaments


• Britten: Saint Nicolas, King’s College Choir


• 1615, Gabrieli in Venice, King’s College Choir

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