Audio Examples for Kyle Gann's
The Arithmetic of Listening:
Tuning Theory and History for the Impractical Musician
Chapter 6: Meantone TemperamentsCents and Ratios in 1/4-Comma Meantone
Major Triads in 1/4-Comma Meantone
Around the circle of fifths within a 12-pitch keyboard:
Orlando Gibbons: The Lord Salisbury, His Pavane
In 1/4-comma meantone temperament (Kyle Gann, keyboardist):
In 12-tone equal temperament:
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in E minor Kirkpatrick 394/Longo 275
Mm. 76-83 played in 1/4-comma meantone:
John Bull: Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La
Mm. 11-16 in 1/4-comma meantone temperament
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in C major K. 465, "Dissonance," 1st mvmt.
A MIDI simulation of the beginning of Mozarts's "Dissonance" Quartet in C major, K. 465, played in the 1/6-comma meantone temperament that Mozart specifically preferred:
The same passage in 12-tone equal temperament:
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