For most Western musicians since the 18th century, the tuning system known as equal temperament is the structural bedrock of musical life. By compromising the pure harmonies of the natural world - ...
Duane Pitre was poised to become a street skating legend. Now he embraces just intonation. By Grayson Haver Currin When he retired for the first time, Duane Pitre was 23. It was the winter of 1997, ...
A few years ago, [Chad] wanted to build a musical instrument. Not just any musical instrument, mind you, but one with just intonation. Where modern western music maps 12 semitones onto a logarithmic ...