Re: Quicky about naming a chord

Tom K. wrote:

> After Bach's WTC 1 & 2 established the possibility for remote
modulations 
> through "Well Temperament" (albeit not 12-tone ET), I've always found it

> interesting that this wasn't compositionally exploited until over a
century 
> later - the dim. 7th pivot being one of the possible modulatory methods.


Between what scales do you pivot? - It appears in harmonic minor.

> That is why, assuming your definition of "non-12-ET" includes Bach's WT,


Look at
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archicembalo
which was nearly a hundred years before WTC essentially tuned in 31-Et 
(within a few cents)
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31_equal_temperament
And there were a number of such instruments from that period, called 
"chromatic".

> I 
> was looking for the pre-Wagner examples you seemed to imply existed.

I did not imply the pivoting thing - it is in your mind. I only noted 
that dim7 was used long before the emergence of 12-ET.

I think it is possible, by experimenting in 31-ET and checking what 
Beethoven used: in key A, all sharps except for Bb. One way to construct 
it is from A major/minor plus the transpositions a fifth up/down

   Hans Aberg