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Vicentino 24 tuning for two keyboards (1694 words) |
 | At the end of the 20th century, one approach to a partial implementation of Vicentino's system is to use two standard 12-note keyboards, yielding a 24-note subset of his archicembalo tunings. |
| He finds this a concordant and useful vertical interval on the archicembalo, with its nature tending somewhat toward the major third, a sonorous consonance lending a certain kindred character to such an intermediate form. |
| In addition to being of interest from the viewpoint of Vicentino's own theory and practice, a 19-note or 24-note subset of his archicembalo can be also be helpful in playing some of the most adventurous works of composers such as Gesualdo, who goes as far as E# and B#. |
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