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music-glossary: meantone temperament

 
 1.184 meantone temperament
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 ES: afinación mesotónica, I: accordatura mesotonica, F: tempérament
 mésotonique, D: mitteltönige Stimmung, NL: middenstemming,
 middentoonstemming, DK: middeltonetemperatur, S: medeltonstemperatur,
 FI: keskisävelviritys.
 
    Temperament yielding acoustically pure thirds by decreasing the
 natural fifth by 16 cents.  Due to the non-circular character of this
 temperament only a limited set of keys are playable.  Used for tuning
 keyboard instruments for performance of pre-1650 music.
 
 
 See also
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    cent, temperament.
 

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