Hermode Tuning examples
The examples you can find on this page are always existing in two versions, one is played with equal temperament and one with Hermode Tuning. To get a good impression of what can be achieved by using HMT we recommend to download both versions and compare them attentive.
The examples you can find on this page exists in different versions:
- “hermode” means: All instruments tuned by Hermode Tuning to thirds and fifths according to just intonation.
- “hermode7” means: The sevenths of major seventh chords will be additionlly tuned to so-called natural sevenths.
- “hmtmix” means: Piano tuned to equal temperament, orchestral instruments tuned by Hermode Tuning to compromise positions, simulating the tuning behavior of a real orchestra when playing in common with a fixed tuned keyboard.
- “tempered” means: All instruments tuned to fixed equal temperament.
Orchestra
| Instrumentation | Title | Composer | Software - Instrument | Download | |
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| Orchestra | Symphony No.94, 2nd movement, Andante | J.Haydn |
hermode temperiert |
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| Orchestra | Symphony No.94, 3rd movement, Menuetto. Allegro molto | J.Haydn |
hermode temperiert |
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| Piano+Orchestra | Piano Concerto KV 488, 1rst movement | Wolfgang A. Mozart |
hermode tempered hmtmix**= Piano tempered, Orchestra 100% Hermode Tuning |
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| Piano+Orchestra | Piano Concerto KV 488, 2nd movement | Wolfgang A. Mozart |
hermode tempered hmtmix**= Piano tempered, Orchestra 100% Hermode Tuning |
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| Orchestra | Symphony No.103, 1rst movement, Adagio – Allegro con spirito To draw a compare between |
J.Haydn |
hermode hermode7*+=Natural sevenths in major seventh chords tempered
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| Orchestra | "Te Deum" | Charpentier | hermode tempered |
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| Orchestra | "Nussknacker - Dance de mirlitons" | Peter Tschaikowsky | hermode tempered |
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| Orchestra | "Slawische Tänze" | Anton Dvorak | hermode tempered |
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| Piano+Orchestra | "Piano Concert No 2" | Franz Liszt | hermode tempered |
Piano
| Instrumentation | Title | Composer | Software - Instrument | Download | |
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| Piano | Piano Sonata for 4 hands, K 497, Andante | W.A. Mozart |
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| Piano | Sonate Nr.14, 1. Satz, c# minor, Adagio sostenuto |
L. van Beethoven | hermode temperiert |
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| Piano | Sonate Nr.14, 2. Satz, d flat major, Allegretto |
L. van Beethoven | hermode temperiert |
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| Piano | Sonate Nr.14, 3. Satz, c# minorl, Presto agitato |
L. van Beethoven | hermode temperiert |
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| Piano | Wohltemperiertes Klavier Fuge Nr. 1 C-Dur BWV 846 |
J.S. Bach | hermode temperiert |
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| Piano | Wohltemperiertes Klavier Fuge Nr. 3 Cis-Dur BWV 848 |
J.S. Bach | hermode temperiert |
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| Piano | Sonate KV570 1rst movement |
Wolfgang A. Mozart | hermode tempered |
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| Piano | Rigoletto - Partly | Franz Liszt | hermode tempered |
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| Piano | Hongarian dance No. 7 |
Johannes Brahms | hermode tempered |
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| Piano | Ballade Nr.4 | Frédéric Chopin | hermode tempered |
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| Piano | A breeze of Alabama | Scott Joplin | hermode tempered |
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| Piano | Kinderszenen -Träumerei |
Robert Schumann | hermode tempered |
Brass
| Instrumentation | Title | Composer | Software - Instrument | Download | |
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| Brass | "Freischütz - Jägerchor" | C.M. Weber | hermode tempered |
Woodwinds
| Instrumentation | Title | Composer | Software - Instrument | Download | |
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| Woodwinds | "Vom Himmel hoch" | J.S.Bach | hermode tempered |
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| Woodwinds | "Auld lang syne " | Traditional, arr. Don Gray | hermode tempered |
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| Woodwinds | "Divertimento - Larghetto" | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | hermode tempered |
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| Woodwinds | Cosi fan tutte -Secondate aurete | W. A. Mozart | hermode tempered |
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| Woodwinds | Bläserquartett No.4/3 | Rossini | hermode tempered |
Organ
| Instrumentation | Title | Composer | Software - Instrument | Download | |
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| Organ | HMT Demo | Improvisation | hermode tempered |
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| Organ | "Nun danket alle Gott" | J.S.Bach | hermode tempered |
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