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Was The "Well-Tempered Clavier" Performable On A Fretted Clavichord?, Richard Loucks
Was The "Well-Tempered Clavier" Performable On A Fretted Clavichord?, Richard Loucks
Performance Practice Review
Analysis of the Wohltemperirtes Clavier shows that some of the fretting schemes for clavichords used in Bach's time permit performance of the work with approximately 179 voice-leading conflicts, of which five are difficult to perform and two impossible.
Was The "Well-Tempered Clavier" Performable On A Fretted Clivichord?, Richard Loucks
Was The "Well-Tempered Clavier" Performable On A Fretted Clivichord?, Richard Loucks
Performance Practice Review
Analysis of the Wohltemperirtes Clavier shows that some of the fretting schemes for clavichords used in Bach's time permit performance of the work with approximately 179 voice-leading conflicts, of which five are difficult to perform and two impossible.
Music For The Cimbalo Cromatico And The Split-Keyed Instruments In Seventeenth-Century Italy, Christopher Stembridge
Music For The Cimbalo Cromatico And The Split-Keyed Instruments In Seventeenth-Century Italy, Christopher Stembridge
Performance Practice Review
Related to the arcicembalo, the cimbalo cromatico was a type of harpsichord in use during the late 16th and early 17th c. While most keyboards were tuned in 12-note meantone temperament, limiting the number of available sharps (three) and flats (two), the cimbalo cromatico's 19-note keyboard contained separate keys for all sharps and flats. Though useful, the instrument lacked influence; composers tended to confine themselves to the meantone system, using the more widespread instruments with split keys for the extra notes needed.