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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Meantone Temperaments on Lutes and Viols
- Publication Date
- 2016-07-04
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780253021236
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253021235
ISBN-13
9780253021236
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217106579
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Publication Name
Meantone Temperaments on Lutes and Viols
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
History & Criticism, Musical Instruments / Strings, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music
Series
Publications of the Early Music Institute Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-002164
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"This book will go a long way towards destroying the myths of many well-intentioned, but ill-informed scholars and performers." --Paul O'Dette, world-renowned lutenist and Director of Early Music at Eastman School of Music, This is a most stimulating book and one which every serious lutenist should read and understand. While Dolata may not persuade us that all or even most professional lutenists used meantone he makes a strong case that some did, and that equal temperament, while understood and widely used, was avoided by the most fastidious. He gives the reader the means to understand the issues and lots of practical advice on going beyond equal temperament towards better sound., While Dolata's book is aimed primarily at lutenists and gambists, the wealth of information he provides is of potential value to performers and scholars outside this limited circle. In particular, those who perform with--or conduct--lutenists and gambists can profit from learning what is involved in setting up fretted instruments in unequal systems., "While Dolata's book is aimed primarily at lutenists and gambists, the wealth of information he provides is of potential value to performers and scholars outside this limited circle. In particular, those who perform with--or conduct--lutenists and gambists can profit from learning what is involved in setting up fretted instruments in unequal systems."-- Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music "[This book] handles a difficult subject with clarity and vigor, and I imagine it will find a welcome place on the bookshelf of the serious student interested in exploring the unique soundscape attainable only through meantone temperament."-- Notes "There is a wealth of knowledge here for more advanced performers and those with an interest in historical temperaments."-- Music Reference Services Quarterly "This is an excellent, well-written book. There is a wealth of information about how players of fretted instruments found different solutions to the problems of tuning; the section on the theory of temperaments is a good read in spite of the dryness of its subject matter; and there is much good practical advice to help us improve our playing by getting our instruments well in tune."-- The Viola da Gamba Society Journal "This book is well written in a friendly style, and it fulfills its tutorial intention very well."-- The Consort "This book is welcome, aiming as it does to combine the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of this sometimes vexed and controversial topic in a lively and approachable manner."--Richard Carter, Oriana Music: Early Music Editions, co-owner "This book will go a long way towards destroying the myths of many well-intentioned, but ill-informed scholars and performers."--Paul O'Dette, world-renowned lutenist and Director of Early Music at Eastman School of Music "This is a most stimulating book and one which every serious lutenist should read and understand. While Dolata may not persuade us that all or even most professional lutenists used meantone he makes a strong case that some did, and that equal temperament, while understood and widely used, was avoided by the most fastidious. He gives the reader the means to understand the issues and lots of practical advice on going beyond equal temperament towards better sound."-- The Lute, [This book] handles a difcult subject with clarity and vigor, and I imagine it willnd a welcome place on the bookshelf of the serious student interested in exploring the unique soundscape attainable only through meantone temperament. , "This book will go a long way towards destroying the myths of many well-intentioned, but ill-informed scholars and performers." 'e"Paul O'Dette, world-renowned lutenist and Director of Early Music at Eastman School of Music, [This book] handles a difficult subject with clarity and vigor, and I imagine it willnd a welcome place on the bookshelf of the serious student interested in exploring the unique soundscape attainable only through meantone temperament., "This book is welcome, aiming as it does to combine the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of this sometimes vexed and controversial topic in a lively and approachable manner." 'e"Richard Carter, Oriana Music: Early Music Editions, co-owner, [This book] handles a difficult subject with clarity and vigor, and I imagine it will find a welcome place on the bookshelf of the serious student interested in exploring the unique soundscape attainable only through meantone temperament.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
787.8/1928
Table Of Content
List of Diagrams List of Tables List of Audio Files Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Precedent Part One Introduction 1. Historical Performance, Thought, and Perspective 2. Surviving Fixed Metal-Fret Instruments 3. Fretting Pattern Iconography Part One Conclusion Part Two: Theory Part Two Introduction 4. Inside the Numbers: How Tuning Systems Work and Why We Need Them 5. Tour through Tuning Systems Part Two Conclusion Part Three: Practice Part Three Introduction 6. Physical and Environmental Factors 7. The Zen of Tuning 8. Continuo 9. Viols Conclusion Appendix 1: Cleartune Appendix 2: Equal Temperament Offset Charts Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Written for musicians by a musician, Meantone Temperaments on Lutes and Viols demystifies tuning systems by providing the basic information, historical context, and practical advice necessary to easily achieve more satisfying tuning results on fretted instruments. Despite the overwhelming organological evidence that many of the finest lutenists, vihuelists, and viola da gamba players in the Renaissance and Baroque eras tuned their instruments in one of the meantone temperaments, most modern early instrument players today still tune to equal temperament. In this handbook richly supplemented with figures, diagrams, and music examples, historical performers will discover why temperaments are necessary and how they work, descriptions of a variety of temperaments, and their application on fretted instruments. This technical book provides downloadable audio tracks and other tools for fretted instrument players to achieve more stable consonances, colorful dissonances, and harmonic progressions that vividly propel the music forward., This technical book provides downloadable audio tracks and other tools for fretted instrument players to achieve more stable consonances, colorful dissonances, and harmonic progressions that vividly propel the music forward.
LC Classification Number
MT165.D65 2016
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