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'''2/9-comma meantone''' is a [[meantone]] tuning which flattens the [[perfect fifth]] by 2/9 of a [[syntonic comma]]. This results in a fifth of 697.176 [[cents]]. | '''2/9-comma meantone''' is a [[meantone]] tuning which flattens the [[perfect fifth]] by 4.779 cents (2/9 of a [[syntonic comma]]). This results in a fifth of 697.176 [[cents]]. | ||
2/9-comma meantone was described by [[Lemme Rossi]] in ''Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa'' (1666), and again by [[Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch]] in ''Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur'' (1852). Of all the known [[historical temperaments]], it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit [[CTE]] tunings for meantone. | 2/9-comma meantone was described by [[Lemme Rossi]] in ''Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa'' (1666), and again by [[Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch]] in ''Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur'' (1852). Of all the known [[historical temperaments]], it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit [[CTE]] tunings for meantone. | ||