Last week I wrote about 1/3-comma meantone tuning and its near equivalent 19-tone equal temperament. There is another Renaissance tuning, 1/4-comma meantone, which dominated Western music for several centuries. While 1/3-comma meantone has pure 6:5 ratio minor thirds, 1/4-comma meantone has pure 5:4 ratio major thirds. 1/4-comma meantone has a near equivalent also, 31-tone equal temperament.
I found a nice piece for voices and Fokker organ, an organ tuned to 31-tone equal temperament. It's very modern; I think of a sci-fi setting for it. The harmonies are interesting.
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