Further Information about Keyboard Temperament
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Tuning and Temperament Bibliography
- Extraordinarily complete
GENERAL:
Alternate Temperaments: Theory and Philosophy
- by Terry Blackburn
Bach 101: The Well Tempered Clavier BWV 846-869
The "Bach Temperament"
- Kenneth Mobbs' amplification of the letter he and Alexander Mackenzie of Ord published in the August 2005 edition of Early Music, (pp.546-7)
Comparison of Temperaments
- by Andrew Purdam
The Esoteric Keyboard Temperaments of J. S. Bach
(2.2MB PDF)
Explaining the Equal Temperament
History of Tuning and Temperament
- annotated outline by Howard Stoess
Introduction to Historical Tunings
- by Karl Gann
Johann Sebastian Bach: the well tempered tuning is unequal
Johann Sebastian Bach's tuning
The Keyboard Temperament of J. S. Bach
Multi-Tempered Scales
- for Ensoniq Mirage keyboard, but contains useful charts
music theory online : pitch, temperament & timbre
Other "Bach" temperaments
A pipe organ which utilizes the Lehman Tuning
Streaming video of Bach and Equal Temperament
A survey of unequal temperaments
Temperament: A Beginner's Guide
The Tuning Script from Bach's Well Tempered Clavier: A Possible 1/18th PC Variation
Tuning, Temperaments And Bells
Understanding Temperaments
- by Pierre Lewis
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Well v.s. Equal Temperament
Das Wohltemperirte Clavier: Pitch, Tuning and Temperament Design
(1.1MB PDF)
HARPSICHORD TUTORIAL
TEMPERAMENTS I:
Spiral of Keys
TEMPERAMENTS II:
Pythagorean
TEMPERAMENTS III:
Grammateus
TEMPERAMENTS IV:
Kirnberger II
TEMPERAMENTS V:
Kirnberger III
TEMPERAMENTS VI:
Werkmeister III
TEMPERAMENTS VII:
Quarter-comma Meantone
TEMPERAMENTS VIII:
Transposing Quarter-comma Meantone
TEMPERAMENTS IX:
Split-wolf Quarter-comma Meantone
TEMPERAMENTS X:
Corrette
TEMPERAMENTS XI:
Third-comma Meantone
TEMPERAMENTS XII:
D'Alembert/Rousseau
TEMPERAMENTS XIII:
Kellner
TEMPERAMENTS XIV:
Vallotti
TEMPERAMENTS XV:
Bach/Barnes
TEMPERAMENTS XVI:
Bach/Lehman
TEMPERAMENTS XVII:
Equal Temperament
KIRNBERGER:
Kirnberger III well-temperament
- by Joseph L. Monzo
MEANTONE:
Meantone and Temperament in Bach's Time
- adapted by Ben chi from Daniel Pyle
PYTHAGOREAN:
Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony
- by Margo Schulter
SOFTWARE:
Java Microtuning Organ
- Donation Ware for using temperaments with SoundFonts