"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide... Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary." — Classical Music
What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today ? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament" — the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning method ? Thanks to How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony, "we may soon be able to hear for ourselves what Beethoven really meant when he called B minor 'black'" (Wall Street Journal).
In this "comprehensive plea for more variety in tuning methods" (Kirkus Reviews), Ross W. Duffin presents "a serious and well-argued case" (Goldberg Magazine) that "should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning" (Saturday Guardian).
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