Temperament; or, the Division of the Octave
R.H.M. Bosanquet · Proceedings of the Musical Association · 1874
In a previous paper read before the Musical Association on November 2, 1874, a method was developed for the derivation and treatment of a class of systems of tuning, to which the term ‘regular’ was applied—this term being taken to imply that the notes of any such system can be arranged in a continuous series of equal fifths. A notation was described, applicable to written music, by which the position of the notes of such systems in the fundamental series of fifths is defined; and a brief sketch was given of a ‘Generalised Keyboard,’ founded on a principle of ‘symmetrical arrangement,’ by means of which the notes of any such system can be controlled, the fingering of any passage being the same in whatever key it is taken.