equal temperament
collocation in Englishmeaningsofequalandtemperament
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equal
adjective
uk/ˈiː.kwəl/us/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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temperament
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈtem.pər.ə.mənt/us/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.mənt/
the part of your character that affects your moods and the way ...
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(Definition ofequalandtemperamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofequal temperament
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These works, written in the 1720s, were a manifesto forequaltemperament, or adjustments in keyboard tuning.
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For example, the ratio 21'6:1 is the interval of a whole tone in theequaltemperamentscale.
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He took serialism andequaltemperamentfor granted and consequently developed rhythmic structures corresponding to the tempered intervals between fundamental tones.
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The crucial advantage of theequaltemperamentis that any tune playable starting with one note will also be playable starting with any other note.
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The possibility of expressing other scale types instead of the thus far unstated assumption of standardequaltemperamentis another area of investigation.
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In the nineteenth century, theequaltemperamentwas at the peak of its dominance.
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We have grown up with the sound world ofequaltemperamentand it sounds right.
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The integer interval 40 39 is close to the quarter-tone interval of theequaltemperamentsystem.
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Theequaltemperamentis based on exactly this kind of approximation, with twelve points on the circle corresponding to the twelve keys of the keyboard's octave.
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The object of this tweaking is to enhance the tone colour by departing from the purely mathematical and rather arid experiment that is the essence ofequaltemperament.
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The nonstandard pitches are notated as quarter-tones, although it should be kept in mind that neither the standard nor the quarter-tone notations adhere to the system ofequaltemperament.
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His aspiration to discover a new - and natural - musical scale resulted in a scheme that, in some of its essential elements, was ancient and predated theequaltemperament.
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Others thanequaltemperamentwill be available.
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Bear in mind that, since the tape part is not always in the tuning system of twelve-toneequaltemperament, the notes indicated in this paper are approximate pitches.
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Other instruments, such as some wind, keyboard, and fretted instruments, often only approximateequaltemperament, where technical limitations prevent exact tunings.
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Inequaltemperamenteach semitone is equidistant from the next, but other tuning systems are also used.
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All scales which have the deep scale property may be generated by any interval coprime with (in twelve-toneequaltemperament) twelve.
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In the tuning system known asequaltemperamentthe augmented sixth is equal to ten semitones and is a dissonant interval.
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One of the easiest tests ofequaltemperamentis to play a succession of major thirds, each one a semitone higher than the last.
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Modern organs are typically tuned inequaltemperament, in which every semitone is 100 cents wide.
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