![]() ![]() So, how was equal temperament developed and why was it so difficult to achieve? Aptly named, these intervals produce sounds that resemble the howling of a wolf and thus had to be avoided by musicians and composers at all costs. In non-equal temperaments there exist so-called “wolf” intervals. Basically, this allows a song to be transposed into any key and still sound musically pleasing. For those not familiar, equal temperament is a system of tuning for stringed instruments in which every note within the octave is equally spaced. These books did their job of piquing my interest in the topic. ![]() All of the piano repair books that I have read have included a short section on the development of equal temperament and it's predecessors, but none of them really dig deeply into the subject. ![]()
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