II Seminário de Música, Ciência e Tecnologia

Abstract

PORRES, Alexandre Torres and MANZOLLI, Jônatas. Sistemas de afinação: um apanhado histórico. In Proceedings of the 2. II Seminário de Música, Ciência e Tecnologia, 2005, São Paulo (SP) [online]. 2005 [cited 04 October 2024]. Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000102005000100016&lng=en&nrm=iso> .

This paper describes the development from pythagorean tuning to the temperaments, also describing the multiple division systems. The  discussion about the evolution of such systems intends to approach the more recent panorama, where the microtonal researches from the 20^th century are included.

Keywords : Tuning Systems; Pythagorean System; Tempered Tuning; Acoustics of Musical Instruments.