Imperfect Fifths: What Even is a Well Tempered Clavier Anyway? | Odd Salon PROOF 4/6
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 2019-08-06

These days we take for granted that instruments play in tune. And we're so used to our equal, 12-note divisions of the octave and the harmonies made from those notes that most people can't even imagine why you might want to tune an instrument any other way. But what actually is tuning? What makes some harmonies more pleasant than others? What even is harmony? Or pitch, for that matter? And what does Pythagoras have to do with it? And George Bernard Shaw? Andreas Werckmeister? And yes, Johann Sebastian Bach?

Martin Strauss ~ Imperfect Fifths: What Even is a Well Tempered Clavier Anyway?

Odd Salon PROOF: Six stories of compelling evidence and undeniable corroboration, of credible theories and inferential arguments, and the measure of truth and spirits

Recorded live Tuesday, June 4th 2019 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Isolde Honoré
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen

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