The Diapason Press

Tuning and Temperament Library

Johann Georg Neidhardt

BESTE UND LEICHTESTE
TEMPERATUR
DES MONOCHORDI
(Jena 1706)

edited by Rudolf Rasch

TTL 5A

The first publication devoted entirely to equal temperament. Actually, however, Neidhardt describes a close approximation of equal temperament.

2010
ISBN 987-90-70907-20-4 (paper)
181 pp.
15 x 21 cm
€30 or US$30

Contents

  Preface 7
     
Introduction
     
1. Johann Georg Neidhardt 9
2. Beste und leichteste Temperatur des Monochordi 1706 17
3. Just Intonation Scales 25
4. Equal Temperament 29
5. Neidhardt’s 26-Note Just Intonation 32
6. Quasi-Equal Temperament 36
7. Neidhardt’s Later Writings on Tuning and Temperament 40
8. Neidhardt’s Significance as a Theorist of Tuning and Temperament 45
     
  Tables 48
  Bibliography 56
  Index 60
     
Facsimile
     
BESTE UND LEICHTESTE TEMPERATUR
DES MONOCHORDI
1706