2025-11-30

La Santa Espina - Claudi Meneghin, Guitar

 

<CAT> Presentem «La Santa Espina», una sardana catalana d'Enric Morera (música) i Àngel Guimerà (text - no inclòs en aquest arranjament). Arranjada i interpretada per Claudi Meneghin, guitarra.

Aquí teniu disponible gratuïtament una partitura (principalment de dos pentagrames):

<ENG> We present «La Santa Espina», a Catalan Sardana by Enric Morera (music) and Àngel Guimerà (text - not featured in this arrangement). Arranged and played by Claudi Meneghin, guitar.

A (mainly two-stave) score is available here free of charge:



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2025-11-09

Bach - Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus 14, Completed [Organ, Rameau TO]


A completion of Bach's Contrapunctus 14 from the Art of Fugue, based on very simple contrapuntal principles. (Jump directly to the completion: https://youtu.be/QxzKooREmB4?t=434 ). Arranged for Organ (soundfonts are Jeux14 and OrganPipe), tuned into Rameau's Tempérament Ordinaire, a circulating temperament generated by 7 meantone fifths (as large as 696.578 ¢), 3 pythagorean fifths (as large as 701.955 ¢) and 2 sharp fifths (as large as 709.045 ¢), then rounded to integer values.

The cent figures of the tuning (with C set to 0) are: 0 ¢ 87 ¢ 193 ¢ 298 ¢ 386 ¢ 503 ¢ 585 ¢ 697 ¢ 789 ¢ 890 ¢ 1007 ¢ 1083 ¢ ⦿ More versions of The Art of Fugue, completed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXA-QwMzYB0&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz2BVaWuoeaaqAPsWRuAgWim
⦿ More Bach's pieces completed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVFA5In008&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz0-n44FHBVZiGbn2AGGEGoJ ⦿ More pieces tuned into Rameau Tempérament Ordinaire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Zd36vuurk&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz14XaYz6irvBdfXEQyJMDrE

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2025-10-24

Double Fugue on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Two versions, one for two harpischords and one for two fortepianos - Vallotti-Young tuning




A double Fugue on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", presented here in two versions:
  • one for two harpischords;
  • one for two fortepianos.
Tuning is Vallotti- Young's 1/6-comma temperament, a circulating temperament generated by 6 1/6-comma meantone fifths (as large as 698.37 ¢), 5 pure fifths (as large as 701.955 ¢) and one 1-schisma tempered fifth (as large as 700 ¢).
The cent figures of the tuning (rounded to the next integer values, with C set to 0) are:
90 ¢
197 ¢
294 ¢
393 ¢
498 ¢
590 ¢
698 ¢
792 ¢
895 ¢
996 ¢
1092 ¢
1200 ¢



  

            a. Version for two Harpischords                            b. Version for two Fortepianos

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2025-10-05

Bach's Contrapunctus 11 from the Art of Fugue, tuned into Werckmeister 3 (Harpsichord)



We present Bach's Contrapunctus 11 from the Art of Fugue, tuned into Werckmeister 3, a well-temperament possibly used by Bach. This temperament shrinks the fifths C–G, G–D, D–A and B–F♯ by ¼-comma and leaves the other ones pure. The cent figures of the tuning (rounded to integer values) are: C = 0 C♯ = 90 D = 192 D♯ = 294 E = 390 F = 498 F♯ = 588 G = 696 G♯ = 792 A = 888 B♭ = 996 B = 1092. MIdi rendition, soundfont is «Harpischord Zell». Tempo is inspired by Musica Antiqua Köln's performance: https://youtu.be/YqXZtGyFyDo?t=2652

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2025-09-06

Double Fugue on «Old Mac Donald» and «Shave and a Haircut», Tuned into 5-th Comma and 6-th Comma Meantone




A double fugue, combining the «Old Mc Donald» and «Shave & a Haircut» themes; the piece is tuned into

  • 43-equal division of the octave, very close to fifth-comma meantone (Baroque Ensemble);
  • 55-equal division of the octave, very close to sixth-comma meantone (Harpischord & Fortepiano).

  


⦿ More Versions of This Piece: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz0ZQ02Ppdb4X_gfXrOkyH72
⦿ More Fugues and Canons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz3lBogeQ66N8W3x_GwUhTFw

Miniature: Derivative of «Andrei Andrejevits Popov: Farmyard» (Finnish National Gallery).

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2025-08-20

THE EXTENDED LAMENT BASS - Tuning Comparison: E12, E17, E19, E29, E31, E41, E43, E53, E55



We present the extended Lament Bass (A-G#-G-F#-F-E-D#-E), harmonised and tuned into 12edo, 17edo, 19edo, 29edo, 31edo, 41edo, 43edo, 53edo, 55edo.

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2025-07-29

HANDEL VARIATIONS for Organ 😎



We present Claudi Meneghin's «Variations on Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith Theme», a set of 11 microtonal variations, for organ, in F. Tuning is as follows (edo = equal division of the octave): • Var 00 - Theme (Rameau's Tempérament Ordinaire) • Var 01 - 15-edo • Var 02 - 13- & 11-edo • Var 03 - 19-edo (Ouverture) • Var 04 - 17-edo • Var 05 - 18-edo • Var 06 - 21-edo • Var 07 - 14-edo • Var 08 - 22-edo • Var 09 - 20-edo • Var 10 - 16-edo • Var 11 - Chaconne (Blacksmith, 15-edo). 🙂

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