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by wizofaus 1384 days ago
Thanks for that link, I don't know if it demonstrates "just intonation" though? But the 1/4 Comma Meantone tuning just sounds horrible the moment a diminished chord comes into the picture.
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You're right, I mis-typed -- it's meantone, not just intonation. Someone elsewhere on this HN thread argues that's the tuning Mozart himself would've been using for that piece, which is bizarre to think about once you hear it on Youtube like that!

This is truly a fascinating world. People who argue that we should be using the original temperaments that composers used do have an argument. Imagine, for example, if Shakespeare were "tuned" to be in modern UK English rather than the English of its time.