Dear mrs Alice, thamk you for very understandable explanation with the examples! I tuned pianos for living so appreciate it very much. By the way that Toccata sounds soooo baaaad 😂

Thank you for your education. As a youngster, I was influenced by the Harpsichord when the "Adams Family" became popular. Do you recall the show, assuming you most likely were too young?

How can you do the physical movement so exactly? I mean how you avoid to do too big movements while tuning? I play a rather big hammer dulcimer and have this problem. Not the problem of hearing but of the exact minimalistic movement.

Excellent video and great examples. Thank you so much! That explains so much why composers would turn to very specific keys and why dissonance was truly felt when used. Also why composers would sometimes want keys with sharps for a reason. And I bet in the next videos I’ll hear through your playing why Bach composed a lot on C major in well temperament ❤❤

Do you subscribe to the theory that drawn on the cover of WTC Book 1 are the "Bach Swirls", possibly a graphical description of the tuning / temperament intended to play this work? I've heard that theory floated before, but I've not seen anyone (on KZbin) try to tune an instrument using the "Bach Swirls" as a temperament tuning guide.

I never knew it was so messy. My older pianos and organs are all different pitches, and thats just 100-150 years ago

What a beautiful speaking voice this presenter has! Clear and very easy on the ear. Unlike most female presenters, who tend to squeak and squeal a lot.

Thank you, Alice. I really enjoyed your video, which is so clear and informative. Kind regards, Ann

Beautiful!!! Thanks! ❤

Where is the Part 2 of this Temperament discussion. I count 33 videos and am a subscriber but I don't see it.

Vibrations "up and down" --- I suppose you mean in a visual representation like sine waves.

Oh this was wonderful. Well explained and fascinating. So many thanks.

Love you, Ms. Alice! Great lesson, great production and great harpsichord temperment.

Fascinating stuff, makes me feel a bit sad to be trapped in equal temperament though. loved the piece at the end and way you played it, crazy indeed!

Gallou’s version is my favorite.

😮

Bach enchufaba su órgano a 490 hz...quería sonido potente😮

El 415 nos traslada a esos tiempos a través del tiempo por su tono general más oscuro.

Thank you! This has answered so many questions I had about how harpsichords work.

Valueable upload ! I'd love listening to the same piece performed on diverse harpsichords though.I guess that amid the very same kind of harp. from flemish french or german school,there could exist differences which could significantly affect the very enjoyment of the same piece.There should be some relevant uploads on YT.Any suggestion welcome :)

Just one point E-G# 3rd is about 7 beats wide and Ab-C is about 8.5 beats in ET. You said they are exactly the same, beats wise, no but I understand your drift as in 'equal '. Maj 3rds steadily increase in speed as we increase in pitch.

What do you mean by amateurs being the main buyers of published music in the Baroque period?

Wow!

Great video. I recently acquired a harpsichord and came across your video as I was curious about pitch standards. It was a US kit built in the 1970s, so I will assume A 440 is a safe bet. I now understand why Bach was so excited for the WTC!

5:21,6:10

What type of humidifier do you recommend for a harpsichord?

Call me bland, call me a dullard, but I thought the Rossi toccata sounded delightful played in the well-tempered tuning. I do like spicy intervals. I listen to traditional Persian Santoor music, I enjoy Spanish Flamenco singing, I like Arabic classical music. But when it comes to western tonal music, a smooth transition through keys fits with my sensibilities and expectations. I’m also thinking about the sensibilities of the general population who are listening to this music. I want them to enjoy what they hear. I fear challenging the uninitiated with too much spice will leave some feeling like the performer didn’t bother to tune his instrument properly.

Up through the 17th century, and into the 18th century, musicians used movable Do (or Ut), not fixed pitch as we mainly do now. Thus, the early pitch standard referred to a set of interlocking pitches, not a single pitch. The most common dual standard was G and A, so even if the reference pitch was 415, it could be interpreted and played a tone higher and a tone lower without basically even noticing. Trombone players could also us first position at a half step difference to modern position, and thus you can (and do) have performances of the Monteverdi Vespers at 415/440/465 simultaneously. This also explains why some early keyboard diagrams are labelled with the "wrong" notes, as with Bermudo.

Thank you so much for making these videos! So concise very clever thought out.

So helpful! Thank you :)

excellent job! My dad frequently plays on an meantone organ and it sounds like heaven

Thank you very much for your interesting and useful information,dr.Alice

This is mindblowing.

Stumbled on this by accident, but wow! I didn’t know I wanted to know this. Great video

Very beautiful and impressive, is this interpretation available on Spotify?

How much is the wrestplank of an Italian undercut? That is, do you have a nut and a bridge as in the other variants or two bridges or something in between?

0:27

Very Italian and modern.

If the harpsichord didn't die before it could evolve beyond a period instrument, how different would it really be beyond having a different action that could be changed to have both instruments in one? If the piano was the one to die, pianos today could be the same as over 200 years ago while harpsichords have the modernisation of today's pianos. I think a lot of the differences are down to the harpsichord not evolving with not many more evolved ones existing while larger concert halls demanded louder pianos that came at a cost to an instrument that sounds beautiful being optimised to be loud over everything else.

I’ve always wondered why a harpsichord sounds different piano. Fortunately today was the day I finally asked KZbin why. Thanks for this ✌️

Listened to love is blue 1968 to be introduced to harpsichord watch ed sullivan love is blue 1968 its great

I'm a few minutes in, and I find this great so far! Did mean-tone temperament limit the key signatures of keyboard instruments; that is, were said instruments limited to two flats and three sharps from the Renaissance to the early Baroque era?

I just found your channel and I love your content! Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information! Please, keep doing it more!!

Interesting, thanQ

Katrina kaif voice 🤨

Im a guitarist, A drummer, a bassist, a somewhat decent vocalist and i have basic knowledge of how to play the piano. But now i want to learn harpsichord because of bach and because they mix very well with some heavy metal.

Modern instruments and performances are too high pitched almost unpleasant to the ear

Great video

Wow! I always wondered how this instrument was made and how it worked! Thank you for the great description!

I have only just come across this channel a few minutes ago. Many thanks for a truly fascinating talk about such a problematic subject. I always took as gospel that baroque music was pitched a semitone lower regardless of the location. I now also understand why a couple of recordings I have of some of Bach's organ music sound a whole tone higher.