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What Does “Well Tempered” Really Mean?

Written By: David Roden on May 4th, 2008

You may have read that Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier was written for a keyboard instrument in equal temperament. Well, not exactly. This Introduction to Historical Tunings explains what temperament is, how to categorize Bach’s WTC, and what Bach was trying to say musically.

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