Why is it that certain intervals, scales, and tones sound genuine, while others sound false? Is the modern person able to experience a qualitative difference in a tones pitch? If so, what are the implications for modern concert pitch and how instruments of fixed tuning are tuned?
Renold tackles these and many other questions and provides a wealth of scientific data. Her pioneering work is the result of a lifetime of research into the Classical Greek origin of Western music and the search for modern developments. She deepens our musical understanding by using Rudolf Steiners spiritual science as a basis, and she elucidates many of his puzzling statements about music.
The results of her work include the following discoveries:
- The octave has two sizes (a genuine sounding octave is bigger than the perfect octave).
- There are three sizes of perfect fifths.
- An underlying form principle for all scales can be found.
- Equal temperament is not the most satisfactory method of tuning a piano.
- She provides a basis for some of Steiners statements, such as, C is always prime, and C = 128 Hz = Sun.
