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Tuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey

By J. Murray Barbour

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2004
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3371920 bytes)
Pages
256\0
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2017-10-06 23:25:10
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Description

The demands of tuning and temperament have challenged musicians from the earliest civilizations onward. This guide surveys these problems, devoting a chapter to each principal theory and offering a complete history of tuning and temperament. Requires minimal background in music theory. This new reissue is currently the only edition in print. Includes 9 figures and 180 tables.

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