Ross Duffin: Just Intonation—True or False?

Presented by San Francisco Early Music Society

A system of tuning where all intervals are acoustically pure has been regarded by some as an eternal and natural aspiration, and by others as not only unachievable but actually undesirable. Virtually all Renaissance theorists endorse pure intervals but one modern expert called them “boring" and “insipid" and their attempted use “insane.” False! If you’re a singer or instrumentalist with the flexibility and inclination to adjust, tune in to hear the exciting truth about Just Intonation, learn how it works, and sing or play along with examples by William Byrd, Cipriano de Rore, and others. 

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