Equal temperament makes any piece transposable without changing tonal relations
Evidence
On a piano, all adjacent keys, whether they be pairs of white keys not seperated by a black key or a white key followed by a black key, differ by (apart from the Railsback effect; see figure 19.2) exactly the same frequency ratio—namely, 21/12, or 100 cents. This means that any piece of music can be transposed up or down to start on a different tonic without changing its tonal relationships. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2399
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
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- Equal temperament makes combination tones slightly out of tune (similarity 0.81)
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- A440 tuning and equal temperament dominate modern keyboards but not historical or organ practice (similarity 0.79)
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