1/6-Pythagorean-comma mean-tone?? — Temperament Part I

(Originally posted in March, 2010) If you just thought this title didn’t make sense, no, it does not make sense, at least to you and me.  Perhaps some of you can help me understand this stuff better — I don’t have a mathematical mind and I can only go so far as to understand the temperament issues, but I don’t think I’m too stupid to understand the basics.  Some of those claims out there doesn’t quite make sense to me…. Now, those of you who are thinking you’ll be in over your head talking temperament, you’ve got to stay with me.   Let’s clarify what the mean-tone temperament is.  Well, […]

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