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To decide on suitable tunings for Bachs repertoire, individually or as a whole, why can we simply survey the key signatures to see what notes are needed most often?

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To decide on suitable tunings for Bachs repertoire, individually or as a whole, why can we simply survey the key signatures to see what notes are needed most often?

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Tonal music doesn’t behave that superficially in practice, as notes are brought in from outside the key signatures. A temperament must be able to handle everything that comes up during the course of a composition, not only the basic scale. The notes should not sound randomly or suddenly out of place within their musical contexts.

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