Arrivederci Equal Temperament.

 Okay, in my last post I made a typo. I wrote RDD instead of RBB.

I apologise.

One of the RBB 'guys' gleefully pointed the mistake out.

On the upside, my mistake seems to
have given this old fella a new lease of life.

 

Unfortunately, my little typo has set off some sort of weird reaction in the cosmos that contains the RBB 'guys'.

In his latest post, RBB 'guy' Robert the apathetic sanctimonious sinner and toilet cleaner plays a piece of music where he clearly steps out of the Equal Temperament tuning system. 

He calls the key that he has chosen to play in E#. Now, with equal temperament tuning, E# major would contain the same notes as F major. By the way, it's not necessary to write 'major' when talking about major keys. 

Now, if you listen to his playing in this clip, he is certainly not using equal temperament tuning. His notes lie somewhere between E# and F. There are also notes that sound like E notes and F notes. In my opinion using this tuning doesn't really get a good result for the Elgar tune that he is playing, but it was his decision. Robert (t.a.s.s.a.t.c.) may be taking violin playing in a different direction. Stroll boldly forward Robert (t.a.s.s.a.t.c.)!

Ciao tutti