Whilst for many years I've worked with Kellner as the basis of unequal temperament tuning the experiment to go one step stronger in concert to Kirnberger III seems to be successful. Audience and musicians alike said that the sound was gorgeous. Whilst the piano accompanied Double Bass in repertoire one wouldn't have considered candidate for unequal temperament at all, Alexandra Kremakova performed four items with solo piano deliberately to demonstrate key colour. The double bass explored repertoire with harmonics. Perhaps the recording might be inspiration and enjoyable
Double Bass and Piano in unequal temperament Alexandra Kremakova and Alex Ferkey
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| Double bass and Piano in Kirnberger III unequal temperament 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:30 Ernst Bloch - Prayer 00:05:25 Arni Egilsson- European Memories 00:19:20 Handel - Sarabande (D minor) 00:22:21 JS Bach - Prelude (F sharp major) 00:24:23 Byrd - Lord Salisbury his Pavin and Gallliard (A minor) 00:27:07 JS Bach - Prelude (C major) 00:29:32 Cori Smith - When I Close My Eyes, the Trees Turn Blue 00:37:04 When I Wake in the Morning (trad.) |
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Please criticise my tuning if anyone wants. I'm sure it's not perfect but it is a Bechstein with all those characteristics for which they achieve infamy.
The pianist talks about her choice of pieces at https://youtu.be/90964qqS3Q0?t=1009
Best wishes
David P
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David Pinnegar BSc ARCS
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"High Definition" Tuning
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