Re: [Harp-L] more on temperament and such

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

oops, not exactly the most correct statement. Let's say you took the 12 cents extra and subtracted them from C# and F# (two notes pretty far removed from a tonic of "C" according to music standards at that time). This would result not only in the chords C# and F# sounding pretty rank, but also any other chord containing these notes (D major triad, A major triad) - you'd have to think of them as "avoid notes".
 
The Iceman
 
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From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
 
Before equal temperament, the excess number of cents (which, if you tune one 
octave using only "pure" intervals leaves you with 24 cents left over) was 
usually divided in half and applied to two notes far removed from the tonic. For 
instance, you could play in all but two keys and it would sound wonderful and 
warm.