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The article discusses intonation practices for non-keyboard instruments such as voices, strings, and winds in the 17th and 18th centuries. It explains that temperaments are tuning systems designed for fixed-pitch instruments like organs and harpsichords, but flexible-pitch instruments were not bound by any single system. Singers and players of these instruments adjusted intonation based on context. The article outlines historical sources that describe common tuning practices of the time, including different

Author

Thomas Patteson

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