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  2. 12 equal temperament - Wikipedia

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    12-tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending ⓘ. 12 equal temperament (12-ET) [a] is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 (12 √ 2 ≈ 1.05946).

  3. Equal temperament - Wikipedia

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    12 tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending ⓘ. An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system that approximates just intervals by dividing an octave (or other interval) into steps such that the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same.

  4. Musical temperament - Wikipedia

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    Temperament, in music, the accommodation or adjustment of the imperfect sounds by transferring a part of their defects to the more perfect ones, in order to remedy, in some degree, the false intervals of those instruments, the sounds of which are fixed; as the organ, harpsichord, piano-forte, etc. Temperament is what the Italians call ...

  5. Piano tuning - Wikipedia

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    Piano tuning is the process of adjusting the tension of the strings of an acoustic piano so that the musical intervals between strings are in tune. The meaning of the term 'in tune', in the context of piano tuning, is not simply a particular fixed set of pitches. Fine piano tuning requires an assessment of the vibration interaction among notes ...

  6. Rothenberg propriety - Wikipedia

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    The twelve equal scale is strictly proper as is any equal tempered scale because it has only one interval size for each number of steps Most tempered scales are proper too. As another example, the otonal harmonic fragment 5 ⁄ 4 , 6 ⁄ 4 , 7 ⁄ 4 , 8 ⁄ 4 is strictly proper, with the one step intervals varying in size from 8 ⁄ 7 to 5 ...

  7. Chromatic scale - Wikipedia

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    Definition. The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches. As a result, in 12-tone equal temperament (the most common tuning in Western music), the chromatic scale covers all 12 of the available pitches. Thus, there is only one chromatic scale.

  8. List of meantone intervals - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of intervals of extended meantone temperament.These intervals constitute the standard vocabulary of intervals for the Western common practice era. . Here 12 EDO refers to the size of the interval in the temperament with 12 equal divisions of the octave, which is the most common meantone temperament in the modern era, 19 EDO to 19 equal temperament, 31 EDO to 31 equal ...

  9. 22 equal temperament - Wikipedia

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    In music, 22 equal temperament, called 22-TET, 22- EDO, or 22-ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into 22 equal steps (equal frequency ratios). Play ⓘ Each step represents a frequency ratio of 22√ 2, or 54.55 cents (Play ⓘ). When composing with 22-ET, one needs to take into account a variety of considerations.