Lubenow M, Meyn JP (2007)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2007
Publisher: Institute of Physics: Hybrid Open Access
Pages Range: 23-35
Journal Issue: 28
URI: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0143-0807/28/1/003/
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/28/1/003
The simultaneous sound of several voices or instruments requires proper tuning to achieve consonance for certain intervals and chords. Most instruments allow enough frequency variation to enable pure tuning while being played. Keyboard instruments such as organ and piano have given frequencies for individual notes and the tuning must be based on a compromise. The equal temperament is not the only solution, but a special choice. Unequal temperaments produce better results in many cases, because important major thirds and triads are improved. Equal temperament was not propagated by Johann Sebastian Bach, as is often stated in introductory literature on this topic. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.
APA:
Lubenow, M., & Meyn, J.-P. (2007). Musician's and Physicist's View on Tuning Keyboard Instruments. European Journal of Physics, 28, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/28/1/003
MLA:
Lubenow, Martin, and Jan-Peter Meyn. "Musician's and Physicist's View on Tuning Keyboard Instruments." European Journal of Physics 28 (2007): 23-35.
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