Quarter-Comma Meantone (Part 7)

I’ve said a lot about quarter-comma meantone and its great properties. It’s almost time to start exploring the vast realm of ‘well-tempered’ tuning systems that flourished starting around 1690.

But there’s one last thing I want to say about quarter-comma meantone. If you use this system—or any of the systems I’ve talked about except equal temperament—there are some advantages to having your scale start at D rather than C! For example, Wikipedia presents quarter-comma meantone starting from D...