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Chorton| The pitch to which church organs in Germany were tuned in the 17th–18th centuries. It was higher, usually by a whole tone, than Kammerton (‘chamber pitch’), and it is for this reason that J S Bach transposed the woodwind parts in his cantatas up, or alternatively transposed the organ parts down. The strings could, as necessary, play at either pitch. |
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