Links to Some Internet Resources on Tuning and Temperaments


There is a lot of material available; this is just a selection of some things I've come across.


Understanding Temperaments is a general introduction, with audio examples and a Java applet which lets you experiment with different tunings.

Kyle Gann's An Introduction to Historical Tunings, written by a composer working with alternative tunings.

Claudio di Veroli's Unequal Temperaments Site

Audio examples of different tunings, from the Huygens-Fokker Foundation and from Wim Kamp.

Just Intonation Network is the home page of an organisation dedicated to just tunings and alternative scales. There is a lot of information here.

Pythagorean Tuning... is a long article on the history of tunings, particularly in the middle ages.

A spreadsheet for calculating temperaments.

Zarlino, a site (in French) about just intonation in Renaissance vocal music, with many audio examples.

Tuning and Temperament bibliography from the Huyghens-Fokker Foundation.

Music translated into Mathematics: Leonhard Euler


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