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meantone tunings are
syntonic tunings. All
syntonic tunings,
including the
meantones and the
various just intonations,
conceivably have an
infinite number...
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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...
- 71 cents (Play). 31 EDO is a very good
approximation of quarter-comma
meantone temperament. More generally, it is a
regular diatonic tuning in
which the...
- Quarter-comma
meantone perfect fifth on C
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meantone, or 1/4-comma
meantone, was the most...
- The
following is a list of
intervals of
extended meantone temperament.
These intervals constitute the
standard vocabulary of
intervals for the Western...
- performance. Historically, the use of just intonation,
Pythagorean tuning and
meantone temperament meant that such
instruments could sound "in tune" in one key...
- 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"...
- "linear temperament". The best-known
example of
linear temperaments are
meantone temperaments,
where the
generating intervals are
usually given in terms...
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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...
