90% of piano tuners won’t know this about historical temperaments and won’t know much of the theory and history that I’m teaching you. This video teaches about why to prefer other ways of tuning the piano than Equal Temperament.
Notes:
Corrections: 1) I should have said "hertz" not "hertz per second". 2) I should have said that Bach wrote for a "well-temperament" not "equal temperament."
A 3rd, 4th, 5th refers not to fractions but the origin of the term "5th", for instance, refers to the number in the scale (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8). A fifth means the interval (distance) between 1 and 5 in the scale. But then other notes with that same distance are called a fifth (so not just C& G in the key of C, but also D&A, E&B, F&C, G&D, A&E).
An octave is the simplest ratio 1:2 (cut the string in half)
Followed by a 5th: (string cut in two thirds 2/3)
4th (3/4)
3rd (4/5)
Breaking glass with voice:
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Wolf tone:
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Just tuning vs equal temperament scale:
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Thomas Young tuning vs. Equal Temperament, see Carl Radford's "Classical vs Modern Tunings - Funeral March, Frédéric Chopin" on YouTube ([ Ссылка ]).
For a Victorian temperament, see:
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(vs. equal temperament, subtle but less musical: [ Ссылка ])
Many digital pianos allow different tunings of the piano. Play with these! Most don't have Young tuning or a Victorian temperament.
0:00 Part I: Introduction
1:00 The takeaway for piano owners
1:12 Modern tuning is ugly
1:43 Modern tuning lacks expression
2:20 Defining pitch
2:53 Laws of sound
4:45 Resonance
5:10 String instruments
6:07 Proportions
6:55 Beats
7:28 Part II: The piano
8:43 Compromise necessary
9:10 Just tuning
11:10 Compromise 2
12:14 Temperament
13:24 Wolf tone
13:45 Why not old temperaments
14:20 The dilemma of tuning
15:08 Defining Equal Temperament
17:18 What's a good temperament
19:45 Strengths of Equal Temperament
22:18 Disadvantage of Equal Temperament
25:47 Keys should have character
27:09 What to ask your piano tuner
30:28 Conclusion
