Kawai CA901 Owner's Manual page 67

Te T T mperament
Type
qual
Te T T mperament
(Equal)
Pure Te T T mperament
(Pure Major/Pure Minor)
Pythagorean Te T T mperament
(Pythagorean)
Meantone Te T mperament
(Meantone)
Werckmeister
Te T T mperament
(Werckmeister)
User Te T T mperament
(User)
T T mperament Key Te
hen using a temperament other than
Equal temperament, use this setting to specify f f the key signature of the piece.
Description
This temperament is the most popular tuning method, and divides the scale into
twelve equal semi-tones. This produces the same chordal intervals in all twelve keys,
and has the advantage of limitless modulation of the key.
This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and ft f f hs, is still popular in
choral music because of its perfect harmony. Any key modulation will result in
dissonances.
This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for ft f f hs,
is very limited for use with chords, but produces very characteristic melodic lines.
This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole tone to
eliminate dissonance for thirds, was devised to eliminate the lack of consonances
experienced with certain ft f f hs for the Mersenne pure temperament, producing a
sound that was widely used in instruments of previous periods.
These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For
music with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the
mean tone, but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces the characteristic
melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It is used primarily for classical music
written in the Baroque era to revive the original characteristics.
A custom temperament, created by raising or lowering the pitch of each note in the
scale.
Adjustments & Settings
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