Meantone

HASEBE Masahiko音樂與音效2015-08-11

價格：免費

更新日期：2015-08-11

檔案大小：9.7 MB

目前版本：2.0.0

版本需求：需要 iOS 8.3 或以上版本。與 iPhone、iPad 及 iPod touch 相容。

支援語言：英語

Well tempered is indispensable to perform baroque music.

In these temperaments, Meantone was more important temperament than others, because of long term use.

By using this app, you can investigate a precise numerical pitch value and sound of particular temperaments they are Pythagorean, Just Intonation, and especially Meantone etc.

And you can change a key by flicking a music view, so that you will understand how each degree's pitch change in each temperament's change.

How to use as follows:

-How to operate a music view

flick a music view left or right, changing a key.

flick a music view up or down, changing a clef.

-How to sound

Tap a music view where you want. After that, if you tap same position, the sound is off.

If you want to get a semitone up, select "#" from a selector above a music view. Getting a semitone down, select "b".

Tapping "All Off" make all sound off at the same time.

-How to select temperament

Choose from a center picker.

-About pitch display

In a Hz display, a real frequency is displayed. In a cent display, it displays a cent value against a keynote of current key, or pitch A. You can select a cent standard.

-Setting of tuning, a custom temperament

Turn on info switch then moving to setting view. In Setting View, you can change a total tuning and custom temperament.

Explanations of each temperaments:

1.Equal temperament

All semitone is 100 cents. Most general temperament on modern music.

2.Pythagorean Wolf:Eb-G#

It's based on perfect fifth pitch. Accumulation gap(wolf fifth) is placed Eb-G#. Wolf fifth means a particular fifth interval that is added Pythagorean Comma to perfect fifth.

3.Pythagorean Wolf:D-A

Wolf fifth are placed D-A. In a key C, Three triad, C-E-G, F-A-C, G-B-D are almost pure.

4.Just Intonation

Twelve degree's pitch aren't fixed. Each degree's pitch depends on a key. And an enharmonic pitch is different. For example, C# and Db are different pitch.

5.1/4 Syntonic Comma

General Meantone temperament. Wolf fifth is placed Eb-G#. The interval of major third are pure.

6.1/5 Syntonic Comma

A kind of meantone. Wolf fifth is placed Eb-G#. The interval of major third is little far from a pure interval.

7.1/6 Syntonic Comma

A kind of meantone. It's common on general baroque music. Wolf fifth is placed Eb-G#.

8.1/7 Syntonic Comma

A kind of meantone. Wolf fifth is placed Eb-G#. Very near to Equal temperament.

9.Werkmeister III

A kind of well tempered.

10.Kirnberger(1766)

A kind of well tempered. D-A is shorter by syntonic comma.