Intervals, Scales, Tones: And the Concert Pitch c = 128 Hz

di Maria Renold (Autore)

Bevis Stevens (Traduttore)

Temple Lodge Publishing, 2015

Why is it that certain intervals, scales and tones sound genuine and others false? Is the modern person able to experience a qualitative difference in a tone's pitch? If so, what are the implications for modern concert pitch and how instruments of fixed tuning are tuned? Maria Renold tackles these and many other questions, providing a wealth of scientific data. Her pioneering work is the result of a lifetime's research into Western music's Classical Greek origins, as well as a search for new developments in modern times. She strives to deepen musical understanding through Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific research, and she also elucidates many of Steiner's often puzzling statements about music. The results of her work include the following discoveries: that the octave has two sizes (a 'genuine' sounding octave is bigger than the 'perfect' octave); that there are three sizes of 'perfect' fifths; that an underlying 'form principle' for all scales can be found; and, most importantly, the discovery of a method of tuning the piano which is more satisfactory than equal temperament. She also gives foundation to some of Rudolf Steiner's statements such as: 'c is always prime' and 'c = 128 Hz = Sun'.

• Autore: Maria Renold
• Traduttore: Bevis Stevens
• Editore: Temple Lodge Publishing
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 296 x 210 mm
• EAN: 9781906999735

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