TEMPERED TUNING

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The process of adjusting or TUNING the FREQUENCY of tones in a SCALE. Usually the purpose of doing this is to reduce the number of tones in the scale, by going from frequencies based on exact ratios to those which produce equal INTERVALs.

See: EQUAL TEMPERAMENT, TEMPERAMENT. Compare: CONCERT PITCH, INTONATION, JUST INTONATION, PYTHAGOREAN SCALE.

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