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What Temperament Did Bach Use?

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What Temperament Did Bach Use? Interval Tuning G # – D#Just Fifth Who invented equal temperament? The idea of equal temperament had its most effective advocates among German musicians and theorists, beginning with Andreas Werckmeister in the early 18th century. Did Bach invent equal temperament? Contrary to what you’ve been taught, Bach did not compose

Did Bach Invent Equal Temperament?

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Did Bach Invent Equal Temperament? Did Bach invent equal temperament? Bach didn’t use equal temperament. Neither did Mozart nor Beethoven or any of their contemporaries. They used unequal temperaments — also known as, you guessed it, Well-tempered. In the Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach celebrated unequal tempered tuning, not today’s equal tempered tuning. Did Bach invent well