Tuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Tuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey<br><br>This book is ba''sed upon my unpublished Cornell dissertation Ithaca 1932. As the title indicates the emphasis in the dissertation was upon individual writers. In the present work the emphasis is on the theories rather than on their promulga tors. Since a great many tuning systems are discussed a sepa rate chapter is devoted to each of the principal varieties of tun ing with subsidiary divisions wherever necessary. Even so the whole subject is so complex that it seemed best that these chapters be preceded by a running account (with a minimum of mathematics) of the entire history of tuning and temperament. Chapter I also contains the principal account of the Pythagorean tuning for it is unnecessary to spend a chapter upon a tuning system that exists in one form only.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.