{"product_id":"9780393075649","title":"How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary.\"—\u003cem\u003eClassical Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in \"equal temperament\"—the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning method? Thanks to \u003cem\u003eHow Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony\u003c\/em\u003e, \"we may soon be able to hear for ourselves what Beethoven really meant when he called B minor 'black'\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e).In this \"comprehensive plea for more variety in tuning methods\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e), Ross W. Duffin presents \"a serious and well-argued case\" (\u003cem\u003eGoldberg Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e) that \"should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning\" (\u003cem\u003eSaturday Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e). Some images in the ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121425367280,"sku":"9780393075649","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393075649_p0.jpg?v=1763696403","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393075649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}