Harpsichord tuning: Well-Tempered Clavier - Bradley Lehman

Keyboard temperament from the title page of Bach’s “Das wohltemperirte Clavier“ (1722). The step-by-step explanation here shows how it is derived. Two full-length performances on harpsichord are included: Bach’s C major and B major preludes from this book. Research by Bradley Lehman, 2004, continuing a doctoral project from 1993-4 in “modified meantone“ tuning as applied to Bach’s music. The interpretation is based on analysis of Bach’s extant keyboard music, plus a historical study of tuning meth