Equal Temperament vs Just vs Earth Tuning

Click on the link to listen to three versions of the same performance of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata on piano, tuned three different ways.

There’s nothing like a side by side comparison of the way we’re told music should be tuned, versus the way that harmonics propagate naturally, and based on the frequencies I’ve discovered to resonate with the fabric of the way in which our planet rotates and generates its magnetic field.

I hope you enjoy how music is supposed to sound. Feel it in your gut and let me know in the comments!

Thanks to Edward Grant for this performance: www.classicalarchives.com/midi/composer/2156.html

6 thoughts on “Equal Temperament vs Just vs Earth Tuning

      1. Thanks..I’ll forward these to a friend who uses Logic, I’m on Bitwig myself .

        If you can find the time to use scale workshop, that would cover all DAW platforms, synth formats etc.

        Cheers

  1. Hi Phred,

    I second this ^ I have had only trouble developing scales for each key whether it be in New Earth , Zarlino , Natural , Pythagorean.

    I’m looking for harmonic motion & purity all in one scale!

    If yoy could send the scale workshop link it would help us greatly in spreading this.

  2. To be clear, I’m looking for scales for each solfeggio tone, bottom to top, with their respective keys.

    1. Tricky stuff to do Lance because the scales, pretty much, rely on notes from two “columns” of 3rd harmonics, a 5th harmonic apart – and because the Solfeggio are the 11th harmonics i dont havw a column of 5th harmonics next to them to build the scale. So, 2 things i can do
      1. Build a scale just with the 3rd harmonics – which will be good for 8 notes but will get gnarly at 12 notes (because, the wolf tone)
      2. Or manufacture a 5th harmonic below or above the solfeggio and give it a shot.

      I’ll give it a shot!

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