well-tempered

British  

adjective

1. (of a musical scale or instrument) conforming to the system of equal temperament See temperament

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Example Sentences

“I just discovered something—a complete world. . . . already there in the physics of well-tempered harmony.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It bends the well-tempered notes of the European scale into idiosyncratic microtones and mocks any inflexible rhythm.

From New York Times

In 1966 he wrote of overcoming his dissatisfaction with two takes of a fugue from Book 1 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, one take he considered “rather pompous” and the other overly jubilant — and both “monotonous.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I live with his music all the time, I love it deeply,” Shaw said, adding that the second book of “The Well-Tempered Clavier” has been her “soundtrack” for the past year.

From New York Times

It features audio excerpts from the film, original compositions by the Oscar-winning composer Hildur Gudnadottir and Ms. Blanchett plunking out “The Well-Tempered Clavier.”

From New York Times