TEMPERAMENT

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Any system in which small changes in TUNING of the INTERVALs of a SCALE are introduced such that these intervals are no longer exact frequency ratios (e.g. the 3/2 of the FIFTH), as is the case with scales of JUST INTONATION or the PYTHAGOREAN SCALE.

See: EQUAL TEMPERAMENT, TEMPERED TUNING.

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