Question

What new temperament was used in the Renaissance?

Answer 1

I don't know Im very sorry

Answer 2

do you have choices?

Answer 3

Before Meantone temperament became widely used in the Renaissance, the most commonly used tuning system was Pythagorean tuning. Pythagorean tuning was a system of just intonation which tuned every note in a scale from a progression of pure perfect fifths. This was quite suitable for much of the harmonic practice until then (See: Quartal harmony), but in the Renaissance, musicians wished to make much more use of Tertian harmony. The major third of Pythagorean tuning differed from a just major third by an amount known as Syntonic comma, which musicians of the time found annoying.

Their solution, laid out by Pietro Aron in the early 16th century, and referred to as meantone temperament (or quarter-comma meantone temperament), was to temper the interval of a perfect fifth slightly narrower than in just intonation, and then proceed much like Pythagorean tuning, but using this tempered fifth instead of the just one. With the correct amount of tempering, the Syntonic comma is removed from its major thirds, making them just. This compromise, however, leaves all fifths in this tuning system with a slight beating. However, because a sequence of four fifths makes up one third, this beating effect on the fifths is only one quarter as strong as the beating effect on the thirds of Pythagorean tuning, which is why it was considered a very acceptable compromise by Renaissance musicians.

Pythagorean tuning also had a second problem, which Meantone temperament does not solve, which is the problem of modulation (see below), which is restricted because both have a broken circle of fifths. A series of 12 just fifths as in Pythagorean tuning does not return to the original pitch, but rather differs by a Pythagorean comma, which makes that tonal area of the system more or less unusable. In meantone temperament, this effect is even more pronounced (the fifth over the break in the circle is known as the Wolf interval, as its intense beating was likened to a "howling".) 53 equal temperament provides a solution for the Pythagorean tuning, and 31 equal temperament for the Meantone.

Answer 4

so the answer to keep it brief is most commonly used tuning system was Pythagorean tuning.

Answer 5

yes lol

Answer 6

yes and you know you can always fan back

Answer 7

NO

Answer 8

Meantone was used

Answer 9

pythagorean was the tuning :P

Answer 10

oh meantone is the anwer to what new temperament was used in the rennaissance

Answer 11

yeah, pythagorean was used BEFORE it. Its confusing i know

Answer 12

:)

Answer 13

Probably meantone.

Answer 14

so can i say this as my anser

Meantone was the new temperement that was used in the Renaissance. Pythagorean was the tuning, and, pythagorean was used before the meantone temperament.

Answer 15

Yes, Pythagorean was used before Meantone during the Renaissance.

Answer 16

ok thanks

Answer 17

great answer!

Answer 18

can you help me with this one more question

Answer 19

2. Who was the first to print music and when?

Answer 20

The psalter was the music i think

Answer 21

Ottaviano Petrucci

Answer 22

where did you find that

Answer 23

oh i did a research paper a long time ago

Answer 24

i can try and find a source for you

Answer 25

http://frenchkisspublishing.com/etc/

Answer 26

i hope it helps

Answer 27

but i want a quick brief answer this is just confusing to me

Answer 28

its in the thrd paragraph

Answer 29

it it ottaviono petrucci and when did he print music

the question is

Who was the first to print music and when?