Discrete Fourier Transform and Bach’s Good Temperament
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15006147 |
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| Authors | Emmanuel Amiot (CPGE, Perpignan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Theory Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-3040 • E-ISSN: 1067-3040 |
| Publisher | Society for Music Theory (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.30535/mto.15.2.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2295544887 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The statement by Bradley Lehman that the scribble at the beginning of the first page of the WTC shows how J.S. Bach tuned his harpsichord is much disputed. The use of a mathematical and rather abstract characterization of major scales puts forward a quality of the Lehman temperament that singles it out among all competing temperaments, thereby sustaining his claim
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Harpsichord · Linguistics · Optics · Personality · Physics · Piano · Psychoanalysis · Temperament · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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