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EXCELLENT — The Mathematical Problem with Music, and How to Solve It — “Performance is an art of compromise” – Temperament, timbre, intonation, tuning, voice, tone

Updated March 3, 2024 | Published October 15, 2023 by M

Equal Temperament purpose — Divide octave into 12 equal intervals (ratios) to facilitate octave transposition on keyed / digital / discrete instruments. VIDEO DESCRIPTION / NOTES There is a serious mathematical problem with the tuning of musical instruments. A problem that even Galileo, Newton, and Euler tried to solve. This video is about … Read more

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All is inseparably connected via vibration. Per scripture, sound was the beginning: If “God is two octaves above man,” but ‘silence is golden,’ doesn’t that leave us somewhere between precious and divine? We should live up to that.