Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A Bach Chorale played in an Unequal Temperament, alongside Equal Temperament, phrase by phrase.
Excerpt from The WTF Bach Podcast.
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This clip is meant to awaken your ears to the idea of different temperaments. Kellner's Bach is one of hundreds of temperaments I chose at random to demonstrate the entirely different nature of tunings. Music today is almost exclusively in equal temperament.
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A Bach Chorale played in an Unequal Temperament, alongside Equal Temperament, phrase by phrase.
Excerpt from The WTF Bach Podcast.
WTFBach.Substack.com
This clip is meant to awaken your ears to the idea of different temperaments. Kellner's Bach is one of hundreds of temperaments I chose at random to demonstrate the entirely different nature of tunings. Music today is almost exclusively in equal temperament.
*Enjoying your contrapuntal journey? Here’s how you can help:*
We encourage our listeners to
*become a paid subscriber at*
wtfbach.substack.com
Free subscriptions (yes, you can subscribe for free!) are also beneficial for our numbers.
You can make a one-time donation here. We run a 501(c)3, so let us know if you want a tax deduction:
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Supporting this show ensures its longevity. Thank you for your support!








![Sei Solo, Violino senza Basso accompagnato, Libro Primo (Partita in d minor) BWV 1004
Arranged for 15 second Instagram Story by WTF Bach.
Yet in these constraints there is what we call freedom! In these surface waters there is depth! -Herberto Hélder
Johann Sebastian Bachs ambitious project of 1720: six solo pieces, book one, for violin. [Book two is what we know as the Cello Suites.] Sei Solo, Violino senza Basso accompagnato, Libro Primo (Partita in d minor) BWV 1004](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mt45u9QOPf4/mqdefault.jpg)

