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mean-tone tuning

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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So mean-tone tuning was very popular in Europe in the 16th through 18th centuries.

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.

So even while mean-tone tuning was enjoying great popularity, some composers and musicians were searching for other solutions.

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