Copyright © 2008 Triple Beta 2008-05-12 2008-05-12 http://www.reviewscout.co.uk Read and write book reviews http://www.reviewscout.co.uk Reviewscout.co.uk: Music Reviewscout.co.uk: Music http://www.reviewscout.co.uk/images/feed.120x60.UK.gif http://www.reviewscout.co.uk Read and write book reviews Reviewscout.co.uk Reviewscout.co.uk Reviewscout.co.uk en 720 Reviewscout.co.uk Reviewscout.co.uk 2008-05-12 en Copyright © 2008 Triple Beta How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony : An entertaining tale http://www.reviewscout.co.uk/0393062279 <a href="http://www.reviewscout.co.uk/0393062279"><img src="http://www.reviewscout.co.uk/images/Q/4bfb905773224f8b97261ddcfb4a037a/0393062279/mini.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" align="right"/></a>A book full of intriguing sidelines on tuning issues in the 18th & 19th centuries before equal temperament came to dominate tuning ideas (until the authenticity crowd started to tut a bit). The author is mainly concerned with the vertical tuning of chords, particularly the thirds, and he notices how small equal-tempered semitones weaken links b ... 2007-05-28 http://www.reviewscout.co.uk/0393062279