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Chapter 3. Performance

Changing the Tuning

You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments

(tuning methods).

Most modern songs are composed for and played in equal temperament, the

most common tuning in use today. But at one time, there were a wide

variety of other tuning systems in existence.

By playing in the temperament that was in use when a composition was

created, you can experience the sonorities of chords originally intended for

that song.

1.

Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light.

2.

Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to

display the TUNE screen.

fig.03-200d

3.

Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get

the Temperament setting to flash.

fig.03-250d

4.

Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to

select the temperament.

Display Qualities
Equal

In this tuning, each octave is divided into twelve equal steps.
Every interval produces about the same amount of slight disso-
nance.

Just (Maj)

This tuning eliminates ambiguities in the fifths and thirds.
It is unsuited to playing melodies and cannot be transposed,
but is capable of beautiful sonorities.

Just (min)

The Just tunings differ from major and minor keys.
You can get the same effect with the minor scale as with the ma-
jor scale.

Kirnberger

This is an improvement of the Mean Tone and Just tunings that
provides a high degree of freedom of modulation.
Performances are possible in all keys (III).

Pythagorean

This tuning, devised by the philosopher Pythagoras, eliminates
dissonance in fourths and fifths.
Dissonance is produced by third-interval chords, but melodies
are euphonious.

Meantone

This scale makes some compromises in just intonation, en-
abling transposition to other keys.
You can save this setting in
the RG-3M’s memory using
the Memory Backup
function (p. 75).
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