Teachers, Accompanists and Piano Entertainers in the UK
UK Piano Page
The Estate Yard
Eridge
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9JR
England
The Piano Shop Kent is near Tunbridge Wells on the
14 Elm Row
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH7 4AA
Scotland
We have been Established for 30 years and have a
5 - 8 Chester Court
Albany Street
Camden Town, London NW1 4BU
England
For 100 years Markson Pianos have been one of the
43-45 Bonchurch Road
Brighton, East Sussex BN2 3PJ
England
Largest Selection of Upright and Grand Pianos on
Orchards Farm
Iden
Rye, East Sussex TN31 7XB
England
Established since 1984, we are situated at the
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 12:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 01:00PM
Temperament
Temperament is both the process and result of making slight changes to the pitches of a pure musical scale, so that the octave may be conveniently divided into a usable number of notes and intervals. In the history of Western music's 12-note octave tradition, there have been several, fundamentally different forms of temperament applied to the developing keyboard. Music suffers when performed in a tuning that is different than that which the composer used in its creation.
Well Temperament Keyboards
Well Temperament Keyboards may be tuned so that all keys are musically usable, but contain varying degrees of the "wolf". This is the tuning used in this recording. Between the Early Baroque and Romantic eras, the popular tuning was something between Meantone and Equal Temperament. This era was a brief, transitional stage in temperament history, but considering the music composed during this period, its importance cannot be overlooked. This style of tuning is called "Well Temperament" following the use of the term by J.S. Bach. The term refers to a genre, rather than a specific temperament, as there were many Well Temperaments in use between 1700 and 1825.
