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'''Tempering out''' is what a [[regular temperament]] (including "rank one" temperaments like [[EDO]]s) does to a small interval like a [[comma]]: it makes it disappear. This has also been called making the comma '''vanish'''.<ref>https://dkeenan.com/Music/MiddlePath.pdf</ref>
'''Tempering out''' is what a [[regular temperament]] (including rank-1 temperaments aka [[equal temperament]]s) does to a small interval like a [[comma]]: it makes it disappear, or as some authors put it, ''vanish''.<ref>https://dkeenan.com/Music/MiddlePath.pdf</ref>


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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* [[Fudging]] – or ''virtual tempering''
* [[Fudging]] – or ''virtual tempering''
== Notes ==


[[Category:Regular temperament theory]]
[[Category:Regular temperament theory]]