How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)

"This slender, elegantly argued book ... suggests that we might reconsider our blind fealty to equal temperament. ... This is eye-opening stuff [and] for the thoughtful musician who seeks a broader understanding of his art, this is well worth the read." (Strings)

"The most subversive book on a musical subject I've ever read." (Fanfare)

"Scholarly and enjoyable pugnacious... Should make any contemporay musician think differently about tuning." (Guardian)

"Duffin argues his case with verve and charm." (Times Literary Supplement)

CONTENIDO:

Prelude

1. Shoudn't Leading Notes Lead?
2. How Temperament Started
3. Non-Keyboard Tuning
4. "How Long, O Lord, How Long?
5. A Bridge to the Nineteenth Century
6. Really Better or Simply Easier
7. Some Are More Equal than Others
8. The "Joachim Mode"
9. "The Limbo of That Which Is Disregarded"
10. Where Do We Go from Here

Appendix: Table of Intervals in Cents
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Sources and Permissions
Index