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Meaning of equal temperament

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

equal temperament

noun

Definitions

  1. A tuning system in which every interval (as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular:

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