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A Bach Temperament refers to the way the composer Johann Sebastian Bach tuned his harpsichords and clavichords for the interpretation, among other pieces, of his masterpiece Das wohltemperirte Clavier (1722 / 1740-1742).

There exists little certainty on how this temperament is structured. Bach did not leave written instructions on how he tuned. He was famous for tuning his keyboard in a swift and easy way,[1] but it is not clear how. It should also be kept in mind that Bach's musical education was based on the meantone, the "dominating" keyboard tuning during the Baroque period (ca. 1600 to ca. 1750).

  1. ^ Forkel, 1802 : "Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke", p. 17

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