References

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The following sites provide more information on this fascinating topic and the author would like to acknowledge many of them as sources for the material in this site, and for their well-informed comments on early versions of the text:

• Margo Schulter, Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony (comprehensive and very readable).
• Pierre Lewis, Understanding Temperaments
• Pierre Lewis, Java Tuning Demonstrator
(special thanks to Pierre for supplying the original java applet for the sound on this site.)
• Andrew Purdam, Comparison of Temperaments
• Arthur Benade, Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics
• Kyle Gann, An Introduction to Historical Tunings
• Bradley Lehman, Keyboard temperament calculator/analyzer
• Huygens-Fokker Foundation, Tuning & temperament bibliography
• Also, see the Tuning and Temperament lists at Yahoo, - dmoz open directory project - Alta Vista

About the author: I am a software developer by profession, and also an amateur cellist, living in Manchester, UK. This all started when my cello teacher that C# and Db were different notes and since I had no frets, I should think and play intervals, not notes. However, that only scratched the surface and it was only when I delved more deeply that I began to appreciate just what a fascinating topic this is. This website is a result of that voyage of discovery. If you have any comments on the content, corrections or ideas for improvement please email them to: Chris Tyler, comments on this website

http://www.ppexpressivo.co.uk
Last revised: 20th April 2003

For those wondering about the website name. It comes from a joke, often told by violists to get their own back:

How do you get a cellist to play forte? Mark the cello part "pp expressivo".