Description

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

Our next tracks:

• Kirk: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Ralph Kirkpatrick, clavichord
• Doug: David Bowie: Let’s Dance (Demo Single)

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