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meantone temperament: a standalone construct

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Music theory

a family of tunings that narrow the fifths so that major thirds become pure or nearly so, standard in Renaissance and Baroque keyboards.

In music theory, meantone temperament refers to a family of tunings that narrow the fifths so that major thirds become pure or nearly so, standard in Renaissance and Baroque keyboards. This meaning comes from Barbour (1951) in Tuning and temperament.[1]

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References

  1. Barbour, J. M. (1951). Tuning and temperament. Dover Publications, Incorporated. ISBN 9781306327886

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