Vale, no es la mejor lectura para atacar con dolor de cabeza pero no deja de ser realmente interesante, aparte de estar bien escrito: The Wolf at Our Heels. The centuries-old struggle to play in tune. A continuación un extracto del comienzo del artículo:
The gods are laughing at their little joke on musicians. When it comes to the tuning of instruments, especially keyboards and fretted instruments, nature drops a giant hairball in our path. Here’s a short course on the arcana of tuning. It will take us to the meaning of a celebrated collection of keyboard pieces: J. S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, humankind’s greatest musical riposte to the laughter of the gods.