2nd try of In Thee (tab)

Carl E. Anderson canders at WJH.HARVARD.EDU
Wed Sep 13 10:00:33 EDT 1995


> Actually I think that the reason lies in good ole physics.  In a
> natural scale F## would not be the same as a G and C# wouldn't be the
> same as a Db etc.  But because today's instruments are almost
> exclusively tuned in X tuning (sorry, but you'll have to insert the
> English word for X, because I forgot it just now) to help playing in
> different keys they in practise are the same note.

        "Even-tempered" I believe.  It was invented for keyboards, which of
course can't be tuned in the same ways as violins, voices, etc.

Cheers,
Carl



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