Dear Colleagues
Occasionally tuning for concerts I'm finding that I've tuned a completely different instrument.
Perhaps Kershaw Trio jazz in unequal temperament at Hammerwood Park
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might be of interest. And of course this is the same tuning I'd use for Bach, Beethoven or Rachmaninoff alike or Vivaldi and Schubert.
Vivaldi Cum Dederit Schubert Allegretto D915 Beethoven Sonata Op 7 No 4 Schubert Sonata D960
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| Vivaldi Cum Dederit Schubert Allegretto D915 Beethoven Sonata Op 7 No 4 Schubert Sonata D960 |
| 0:00:00 Concert in Kirnberger III unequal temperament - Introduction 0:00:30 Vivaldi - Cum Demerit from Nisi Dominus - arranged by Neil Crossland 0:06:22 Schubert - Allegretto in C minor D. 915 0:11:46 Beethoven Piano Sonata No 4 in E flat major Op 7 - Allegro molto e con brio - Largo, con gran espressione - Allegro - Rondo - Allegretto e grazioso 0:42:27 Schubert - Sonata in Bb major D. |
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Microphones were AKG D202 and D224 recorded onto magnetic tape at 15ips on Revox/Itam 3.77 recorder. Hiss in the background isn't tape hiss but a fan-heater - it's not warm in the UK. Instrument is 1885 Bechstein Model III.
Returning to the citar, is BACH Preludes 1, 2, 13, 22 of 48 preludes and fugues in unequal temperament
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| BACH Preludes 1, 2, 13, 22 of 48 preludes and fugues in unequal temperament |
| Bach 48 Well Tempered Clavier preludes recorded onto the wrong magnetic tape 00:00 Prelude No.1 02:26 Prelude No.2 04:25 Prelude No.13 06:22 Prelude No.22 |
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reminiscent of the cimbalom?
In the playing of Bach should the piano always sound as a moc-harpsichord? Or was Bach the choral composer singing and playing the organ in a large acoustic?
Bach prelude examples unequal temperament
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Does the modern fashion of tuning offer the greatest versatility to the instrument or allow it to be played maximising permutations of style?
Best wishes
David P
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David Pinnegar BSc ARCS
Hammerwood Park, East Grinstead, Sussex, UK
+44 1342 850594
"High Definition" Tuning
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