mean-tone tuning
Britishnoun
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These smaller intervals all work out well in mean-tone tuning, but the result is a fifth that is noticeably smaller than a pure fifth.
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So mean-tone tuning was very popular in Europe in the 16th through 18th centuries.
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So even while mean-tone tuning was enjoying great popularity, some composers and musicians were searching for other solutions.
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