Kawai MP10 - Manual (Page 39)

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„Temperament types
Temperament Type Description
Equal
This is the most popular tuning method that divides the scale into twelve equal semi-tones. This produces
the same chordal intervals in all twelve keys, and has the advantage of limitless modulation of the key.
However the tonality of each key becomes less characteristic and no chord is in pure consonance
Pure Maj/Min
This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and fifths is still popular for choral music
because of its perfect harmony. When playing in a major key select ‘Pure Maj’ and when playing in a minor
key select ‘Pure Min’
Pythagorean This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for fifths, is very limited for use
with chords, but it produces very characteristic melodic lines.
Meantone
This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole tone to eliminate dissonance for
thirds, was devised to eliminate the lack of consonances experienced with certain fifths for the Mersenne
pure temperament. It produces chords that are more beautiful than those with the equal temperament.
Werkmeis/Kirnberg
These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For music with few
accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone, but as accidentals
increase, the temperament produces the characteristic melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It is
used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque era to revive the original characteristics.
Sys.User1/2 User defined temperament created by raising lor lowering the pitch for each semi-tone.
„ Creating USER temperaments
Please refer to the User Edit explanation in the SYSTEM Menu chapter (page 75).