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Meantone temperaments are
musical temperaments; that is, a
variety of
tuning systems constructed,
similarly to
Pythagorean tuning, as a
sequence of equal...
- Quarter-comma
meantone perfect fifth on C
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meantone, or 1 / 4 -comma
meantone, was the most...
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equal temperament is used; for example, they are not the same
thing in
meantone temperament,
where the
diatonic semitone is
distinguished from and larger...
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widely used in the
sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries: the quarter-comma
meantone temperament. More broadly, it is also used to
refer to
similar intervals...
- 1⁄4-comma
meantone fifth and the
average fifth). A more
detailed analysis is
provided at 1⁄4-comma
meantone Size of intervals. 1⁄4-comma
meantone was designed...
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notation keeps modern music compatible with
earlier tuning systems, such as
meantone temperaments. The
choice can also
depend on the note's
readability in the...
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following is a list of
intervals of
extended meantone temperament.
These intervals constitute the
standard vocabulary of
intervals for the Western...
- the
minor tone
below the major,
whereas Ptolemy does the opposite. In
meantone temperaments, the
major tone and
minor tone are
replaced by a "mean tone"...
- performance. Historically, the use of just intonation,
Pythagorean tuning and
meantone temperament meant that such
instruments could sound "in tune" in one key...
- 17-limit intonation.
Meantone refers to
meantone temperament,
where the
whole tone is the mean of the
major third. In general, a
meantone is
constructed in...
